Highest protein per 100 calories
Foods ranked by protein density — grams of protein per 100 kcal.
1267 ranked foods
| # | Food | Category | g / 100 kcal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Goat, cooked | Red Meat | 19 |
| 52 | Chicken breast, cooked | Poultry | 18.8 |
| 53 | Chicken breast, raw | Poultry | 18.8 |
| 54 | Scallops, cooked | Seafood | 18.5 |
| 55 | Spiny lobster, cooked | Seafood | 18.5 |
| 56 | Beef round, cooked | Red Meat | 18.5 |
| 57 | Canned white tuna in water | Seafood | 18.5 |
| 58 | Striped bass, cooked | Seafood | 18.3 |
| 59 | Pork tenderloin, cooked | Red Meat | 18.3 |
| 60 | Wolffish, cooked | Seafood | 18.2 |
| 61 | Smelt, cooked | Seafood | 18.2 |
| 62 | Octopus, cooked | Seafood | 18.2 |
| 63 | Sucker, cooked | Seafood | 18.1 |
| 64 | White sucker, cooked | Seafood | 18.1 |
| 65 | Caribou, cooked | Red Meat | 17.8 |
| 66 | Flounder/sole, cooked | Seafood | 17.7 |
| 67 | Wild boar, cooked | Red Meat | 17.7 |
| 68 | Greek yogurt, plain | Dairy | 17.6 |
| 69 | Turkey breast with skin, roasted | Poultry | 17.6 |
| 70 | Tamari (gluten-free soy sauce) | Legumes & Soy | 17.5 |
| 71 | Emu, cooked | Poultry | 17.4 |
| 72 | Beef eye of round, cooked | Red Meat | 17.4 |
| 73 | Cornish game hen, cooked | Poultry | 17.4 |
| 74 | Alfalfa sprouts, raw | Vegetables | 17.3 |
| 75 | Whelk, cooked | Seafood | 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).
























