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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
76Clams, cooked
17.3
77Beef heart, cooked
17.3
78Beef kidney, cooked
17.3
79Veal cutlet, cooked
17.1
80Clams, canned
17.1
81Sockeye salmon, cooked
17
82Turbot, cooked
16.9
83Chum salmon, cooked
16.8
84Beef shank, cooked
16.8
85Canned pink salmon, drained
16.7
86Chicken drumstick, raw
16.7
87Tilefish, cooked
16.7
88Nori (laver) seaweed, raw
16.6
89Seaweed, nori
16.6
90Freshwater bass, cooked
16.6
91Mullet, cooked
16.5
92Turkey, dark meat, roasted
16.5
93Asparagus, frozen, cooked
16.4
94Abalone, raw
16.3
95Beef broth
16.3
96Bluefin tuna, cooked
16.3
97Chicken thigh, raw
16.2
98Bluefish, cooked
16.2
99Duck breast, cooked
16.1
100Sea trout, cooked
16.1
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).