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Highest protein per 100 calories

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

2036 ranked foods

#Foodg / 100 kcal
601Fava beans, cooked
6.9
602Red Kidney Beans In Water
6.9
603Mung beans, raw
6.9
604Sablefish, cooked
6.9
60512 Pork Chipolatas
6.9
6066 Pork Sausages
6.9
607Cranberry (roman) beans, cooked
6.9
608Egg omelet
6.9
609Emmental cheese
6.9
610Swiss cheese
6.9
611Kidney beans, cooked
6.8
612Chives, freeze-dried
6.8
613Chives, freeze-dried
6.8
614Green Lentils In Water
6.8
615Broccoli, cooked
6.8
616Chicken sausage, cooked
6.8
617Beef tongue, cooked
6.8
618Lima beans, cooked
6.8
619Parmesan cheese, grated
6.8
620Parmesan, grated
6.8
621Port du Salut cheese
6.8
622Goat cheese, hard
6.8
623Seaweed, wakame
6.7
624Wakame seaweed, raw
6.7
625Black beans, cooked
6.7
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).