Highest protein per 100 calories

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

2036 ranked foods

#	Food	Category	g / 100 kcal
1676	Water chestnuts, raw	Vegetables	1.4
1677	Peaches, canned in juice	Fruits	1.4
1678	Lightly Salted Tortilla Chips	Prepared Foods	1.4
1679	Vanilla Bean Ice Cream	Prepared Foods	1.4
1680	Chocolate Chip Cookies	Prepared Foods	1.4
1681	Premium Original Galletas De Soda	Prepared Foods	1.4
1682	Aged White Cheddar	Dairy	1.4
1683	Garden Salsa Flavored Sun Chips	Prepared Foods	1.4
1684	Organic Sea Salt Multigrain	Prepared Foods	1.4
1685	Organic Sea Salt Multigrain Tortilla Chips	Prepared Foods	1.4
1686	Red Quinoa Chia Corn Tortilla Chips	Prepared Foods	1.4
1687	White Corn Chips	Prepared Foods	1.4
1688	Original Restaurant Style	Prepared Foods	1.4
1689	Scoops! Original	Prepared Foods	1.4
1690	Blackberries, canned	Fruits	1.4
1691	Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream	Prepared Foods	1.4
1692	Muscadine grapes, raw	Fruits	1.4
1693	Mace, ground	Herbs & Spices	1.4
1694	Apricots, dried	Fruits	1.4
1695	Dried apricots	Fruits	1.4
1696	Bread stuffing, prepared	Prepared Foods	1.4
1697	Soft Bakes Blueberry	Prepared Foods	1.4
1698	Chipotle & Lime	Prepared Foods	1.4
1699	All Butter Croissant	Prepared Foods	1.4
1700	Ready Salted Crisps	Prepared Foods	1.4

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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