Highest protein per 100 calories

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

2036 ranked foods

#	Food	Category	g / 100 kcal
1701	Le Petit Beurre	Prepared Foods	1.4
1702	Lychee, dried	Fruits	1.4
1703	Mango, raw	Fruits	1.4
1704	Creamy Coconut Fruit Bars	Prepared Foods	1.4
1705	Oheloberries, raw	Fruits	1.4
1706	Sublime Ice Cream Sandwiches	Prepared Foods	1.4
1707	Digestives Milk Chocolate	Prepared Foods	1.4
1708	Cornish Clotted Cream	Prepared Foods	1.3
1709	Thai Sweet Chilli Flavour Potato Crisps	Prepared Foods	1.3
1710	Espresso	Beverages	1.3
1711	Rolled Oats Old Fashioned	Grains	1.3
1712	Crunchy Almond Flour Cookies Chocolate Chip	Prepared Foods	1.3
1713	Doritos Cool Ranch Flavored Tortilla Chips	Prepared Foods	1.3
1714	Kettle Brand Krinkle Cut Pink Salt Potato Chips	Prepared Foods	1.3
1715	Kettle Style Potato Chips	Prepared Foods	1.3
1716	Ice Cream Natural Strawberry	Prepared Foods	1.3
1717	Rolled Corn Tortilla Chips Chili & Lime Flavored	Prepared Foods	1.3
1718	Biscoff	Prepared Foods	1.3
1719	Nacho Cheese	Prepared Foods	1.3
1720	Walkers Cheese & Onion Crisps	Prepared Foods	1.3
1721	Dried figs	Fruits	1.3
1722	Pecans	Nuts & Seeds	1.3
1723	Figs, dried	Fruits	1.3
1724	Bourbon Creams	Prepared Foods	1.3
1725	Steak sauce	Prepared Foods	1.3

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).

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