Highest protein per 100 calories
Foods ranked by protein density — grams of protein per 100 kcal.
2036 ranked foods
| # | Food | Category | g / 100 kcal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Fava beans, cooked | Legumes & Soy | 6.9 |
| 602 | Red Kidney Beans In Water | Legumes & Soy | 6.9 |
| 603 | Mung beans, raw | Legumes & Soy | 6.9 |
| 604 | Sablefish, cooked | Seafood | 6.9 |
| 605 | 12 Pork Chipolatas | Red Meat | 6.9 |
| 606 | 6 Pork Sausages | Red Meat | 6.9 |
| 607 | Cranberry (roman) beans, cooked | Legumes & Soy | 6.9 |
| 608 | Egg omelet | Eggs | 6.9 |
| 609 | Emmental cheese | Dairy | 6.9 |
| 610 | Swiss cheese | Dairy | 6.9 |
| 611 | Kidney beans, cooked | Legumes & Soy | 6.8 |
| 612 | Chives, freeze-dried | Herbs & Spices | 6.8 |
| 613 | Chives, freeze-dried | Herbs & Spices | 6.8 |
| 614 | Green Lentils In Water | Legumes & Soy | 6.8 |
| 615 | Broccoli, cooked | Vegetables | 6.8 |
| 616 | Chicken sausage, cooked | Poultry | 6.8 |
| 617 | Beef tongue, cooked | Red Meat | 6.8 |
| 618 | Lima beans, cooked | Legumes & Soy | 6.8 |
| 619 | Parmesan cheese, grated | Dairy | 6.8 |
| 620 | Parmesan, grated | Dairy | 6.8 |
| 621 | Port du Salut cheese | Dairy | 6.8 |
| 622 | Goat cheese, hard | Dairy | 6.8 |
| 623 | Seaweed, wakame | Vegetables | 6.7 |
| 624 | Wakame seaweed, raw | Vegetables | 6.7 |
| 625 | Black beans, cooked | Legumes & Soy | 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).




















