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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
51Goat, cooked
19
52Chicken breast, cooked
18.8
53Chicken breast, raw
18.8
54Scallops, cooked
18.5
55Spiny lobster, cooked
18.5
56Beef round, cooked
18.5
57Canned white tuna in water
18.5
58Striped bass, cooked
18.3
59Pork tenderloin, cooked
18.3
60Wolffish, cooked
18.2
61Smelt, cooked
18.2
62Octopus, cooked
18.2
63Sucker, cooked
18.1
64White sucker, cooked
18.1
65Caribou, cooked
17.8
66Flounder/sole, cooked
17.7
67Wild boar, cooked
17.7
68Greek yogurt, plain
17.6
69Turkey breast with skin, roasted
17.6
70Tamari (gluten-free soy sauce)
17.5
71Emu, cooked
17.4
72Beef eye of round, cooked
17.4
73Cornish game hen, cooked
17.4
74Alfalfa sprouts, raw
17.3
75Whelk, cooked
17.3
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).