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Highest protein per 100 calories

Foods ranked by protein density — grams of protein per 100 kcal.

1267 ranked foods

#Foodg / 100 kcal
26Turkey breast, raw
20.8
27Elk, cooked
20.7
28Sheepshead, cooked
20.7
29Queen crab, cooked
20.6
30Snow crab, cooked
20.6
31Walleye, cooked
20.6
32Cuttlefish, cooked
20.6
33Snapper, cooked
20.5
34Turkey breast, cooked
20.5
35Crayfish, cooked
20.5
36Tilapia, cooked
20.4
37Shrimp, canned
20.4
38Rockfish, cooked
20.4
39Halibut, cooked
20.3
40Dungeness crab, cooked
20.3
41Whiting, cooked
20.2
42King crab, cooked
19.9
43Spirulina, dried
19.8
44Chicken gizzards, cooked
19.7
45King mackerel, cooked
19.4
46Ocean perch, cooked
19.3
47Shrimp, raw
19.2
48Monkfish, cooked
19.1
49Venison, cooked
19.1
50Sea bass, cooked
19.1
How this is calculatedformula · basis · source

Formula: protein_per_100g ÷ energy_kcal_per_100g × 100

Basis: Protein grams per 100 kcal (energy density basis).

Source: USDA FoodData Central. Foods missing this value are not ranked (missing ≠ zero).