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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
651Fontina cheese
6.6
652Monterey Jack cheese
6.6
653Monterey Jack cheese
6.6
654Fully Cooked Chicken Sausage
6.6
655Yellow tomato, raw
6.5
656Red Kidney Beans In Chilli Sauce
6.5
657Bacon, cooked
6.5
658Natural Bio Yogurt
6.5
659Green Pea Penne
6.5
660Cannellini Beans
6.5
661Great northern beans, canned
6.5
662Miso
6.5
663Cottonseed kernels, roasted
6.4
664Peas and carrots, cooked
6.4
665Scallop squash, cooked
6.4
666Kidney beans, canned
6.4
667Wheat germ
6.4
668Iceberg lettuce, raw
6.4
669Green peas, canned
6.4
670Baby lima beans, cooked
6.4
671Green peas, cooked
6.4
672Chicken & Apple Smoked Chicken Sausage
6.4
673Cannellini beans, canned
6.4
674White beans, canned
6.4
675British Chipolatas
6.4
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).