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Foods high in Protein

Top food sources of Protein ranked from USDA FoodData Central — per 100 g and per serving.

Showing top 50 foods

Per 100 g: g

  1. 1

    Soy protein isolate

    88.32 g/ 100 g25.04 g (28 g serving)177% DV
  2. 2

    Soy protein isolate, potassium type

    88.32 g/ 100 g25.04 g (28 g serving)177% DV
  3. 3

    Gelatins, dry powder

    85.6 g/ 100 g5.99 g (7 g serving)171% DV
  4. 4

    Egg, white, dried

    84.08 g/ 100 g89.97 g (107 g serving)168% DV
  5. 5

    Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat, dried (Alaska Native)

    82.6 g/ 100 g165% DV
  6. 6

    Egg, white, dried

    82.4 g/ 100 g88.17 g (107 g serving)165% DV
  7. 7

    Egg, white, dried

    80.5 g/ 100 g22.54 g (28 g serving)161% DV
  8. 8

    Beverages, Protein powder whey based

    78.13 g/ 100 g25 g (32 g serving)156% DV
  9. 9

    Nutritional powder mix, whey based

    78.13 g/ 100 g20.31 g (26 g serving)156% DV
  10. 10

    Nutritional powder mix, protein

    78.13 g/ 100 g24.22 g (31 g serving)156% DV
  11. 11

    Steelhead trout, dried

    77.27 g/ 100 g155% DV
  12. 12

    Egg, white, dried

    76.92 g/ 100 g21.81 g (28 g serving)154% DV
  13. 13

    Vital wheat gluten

    75.16 g/ 100 g150% DV
  14. 14

    Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)

    69.86 g/ 100 g31.44 g (45 g serving)140% DV
  15. 15

    Beverages, ABBOTT

    66.67 g/ 100 g26 g (39 g serving)133% DV
  16. 16

    Nutritional powder mix (EAS Whey Protein Powder)

    66.67 g/ 100 g6.67 g (10 g serving)133% DV
  17. 17

    Soy protein concentrate, produced by alcohol extraction

    63.63 g/ 100 g18.04 g (28 g serving)127% DV
  18. 18

    Soy protein concentrate, produced by acid wash

    63.63 g/ 100 g18.04 g (28 g serving)127% DV
  19. 19

    Fish, cod, dried and salted

    62.82 g/ 100 g17.81 g (28 g serving)126% DV
  20. 20

    Fish, whitefish, dried (Alaska Native)

    62.44 g/ 100 g125% DV
  21. 21

    Seal, bearded (Oogruk), meat

    62.38 g/ 100 g125% DV
  22. 22

    Fish, salmon, dried (Alaska Native)

    62.09 g/ 100 g124% DV
  23. 23

    Snacks, pork skins

    61.3 g/ 100 g17.38 g (28 g serving)123% DV
  24. 24

    Pork skin rinds

    61.3 g/ 100 g0.61 g (1 g serving)123% DV
  25. 25

    Salmon, red (sockeye), smoked (Alaska Native)

    60.62 g/ 100 g65.47 g (108 g serving)121% DV
  26. 26

    Fish, herring eggs

    60.4 g/ 100 g121% DV
  27. 27

    Caribou, shoulder meat, dried (Alaska Native)

    59.38 g/ 100 g119% DV
  28. 28

    Beverages, Whey protein powder isolate

    58.14 g/ 100 g50 g (86 g serving)116% DV
  29. 29

    Nutritional powder mix (Isopure)

    58.14 g/ 100 g7.56 g (13 g serving)116% DV
  30. 30

    Snacks, pork skins

    57.9 g/ 100 g16.42 g (28 g serving)116% DV
  31. 31

    Seaweed, spirulina, dried

    57.47 g/ 100 g64.37 g (112 g serving)115% DV
  32. 32

    Walrus, meat, dried (Alaska Native)

    57 g/ 100 g114% DV
  33. 33

    Smelt, dried (Alaska Native)

    56.19 g/ 100 g112% DV
  34. 34

    Beverages, Protein powder soy based

    55.56 g/ 100 g25 g (45 g serving)111% DV
  35. 35

    Nutritional powder mix, protein

    55.56 g/ 100 g16.67 g (30 g serving)111% DV
  36. 36

    Egg substitute, powder

    55.5 g/ 100 g5.5 g (10 g serving)111% DV
  37. 37

    Gelatin desserts, dry mix

    55.3 g/ 100 g4.98 g (9 g serving)111% DV
  38. 38

    Gelatin desserts, dry mix

    55.3 g/ 100 g4.98 g (9 g serving)111% DV
  39. 39

    Beverages, nutritional shake mix

    53.57 g/ 100 g5.36 g (10 g serving)107% DV
  40. 40

    Nutritional powder mix, high protein (Herbalife)

    53.57 g/ 100 g6.7 g (13 g serving)107% DV
  41. 41

    Nutritional powder mix, high protein

    53.57 g/ 100 g23.57 g (44 g serving)107% DV
  42. 42

    Tofu, dried-frozen (koyadofu)

    52.47 g/ 100 g8.92 g (17 g serving)105% DV
  43. 43

    Tofu, dried-frozen (koyadofu)

    52.43 g/ 100 g8.91 g (17 g serving)105% DV
  44. 44

    Peanut flour, defatted

    52.2 g/ 100 g31.32 g (60 g serving)104% DV
  45. 45

    Caribou, rump meat

    52.06 g/ 100 g104% DV
  46. 46

    Soy flour, defatted

    51.46 g/ 100 g54.03 g (105 g serving)103% DV
  47. 47

    Flour, soy

    51.1 g/ 100 g102% DV
  48. 48

    Textured vegetable protein, dry

    51.1 g/ 100 g34.75 g (68 g serving)102% DV
  49. 49

    Shrimp, dried

    51.05 g/ 100 g68.92 g (135 g serving)102% DV
  50. 50

    Seeds, sesame flour

    50.14 g/ 100 g14.22 g (28 g serving)100% DV

Why Protein matters

Protein is an essential macronutrient. It appears naturally in a range of whole foods and is catalogued by USDA FoodData Central with per-100 g values for thousands of ingredients. The ranked list above surfaces the highest-density food sources in the USDA dataset.

Daily intake reference

Adult Daily Value (DV)50 g per day

Best for these diets

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