Highest protein per 100 calories

Foods ranked by protein density — grams of protein per 100 kcal.

2036 ranked foods

#	Food	Category	g / 100 kcal
1626	Carrots, frozen, cooked	Vegetables	1.6
1627	Mcvities Rich Tea Biscuits	Prepared Foods	1.6
1628	Colombian Coffee Ice Cream	Prepared Foods	1.6
1629	Chips	Prepared Foods	1.6
1630	Lightly Salted Potato Chips	Prepared Foods	1.6
1631	Orange juice, fresh	Fruits	1.6
1632	Orange juice, raw	Fruits	1.6
1633	Orange peel, raw	Fruits	1.5
1634	Manchego & Green Olive	Prepared Foods	1.5
1635	Kettle Cooked Potato Chips	Prepared Foods	1.5
1636	Nut Thins Pecan Rice Cracker Snacks With Pecans	Prepared Foods	1.5
1637	Rice Snacks	Prepared Foods	1.5
1638	Honey Maid Grahams	Prepared Foods	1.5
1639	Baked Original	Prepared Foods	1.5
1640	Organic Sea Salt & Lime Thin & Crispy	Prepared Foods	1.5
1641	Organic Sea Salt & Lime Tortilla Chips	Prepared Foods	1.5
1642	Aussie Bites	Prepared Foods	1.5
1643	Tillamook Mudslide Ice Cream	Prepared Foods	1.5
1644	Corn flakes cereal	Grains	1.5
1645	Apricots, dehydrated	Fruits	1.5
1646	Tangerine, raw	Fruits	1.5
1647	Chestnuts, boiled	Nuts & Seeds	1.5
1648	Serrano Cholli & Yucatan Honey	Prepared Foods	1.5
1649	Plum, raw	Fruits	1.5
1650	Light Laughing Cow Cheese Wedges	Dairy	1.5

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).

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