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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
101Chicken giblets, cooked
16.1
102Pink salmon, cooked
16.1
103Peanut flour, defatted
16
104Ham, roasted
16
105Turkey thigh, cooked
15.8
106Ground beef, 95% lean, cooked
15.7
107Chicken drumstick, cooked
15.6
108Smoked salmon (lox)
15.6
109Soy sauce (shoyu)
15.4
110Sturgeon, cooked
15.3
111Surimi (imitation crab)
15.3
112Broccoli rabe, cooked
15.3
113Turkey giblets, cooked
15.3
114Beef liver, cooked
15.2
115Chicken breast with skin, roasted
15.1
116Beef liver, raw
15.1
117Spot, cooked
15
118Cottonseed flour, partially defatted
15
119Chicken wing, cooked
15
120Ostrich, cooked
14.9
121Coho salmon, cooked
14.9
122Mackerel, canned
14.9
123Beef pastrami
14.8
124Rabbit, cooked
14.8
125Canned tuna in oil
14.7
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).