Foods high in protein

Pacific cod, cooked tops the list with 24.3 g per 100 calories. The Daily Value for protein is 50 g. Ranked from 12,719 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

Per 100 gPer servingPer 100 calories
All foodsBakedBeefBeveragesBreakfast CerealsCereal Grains & PastaDairy & EggFast FoodsFats & OilsFinfish & ShellfishFruits & Fruit JuicesLamb, Veal, & GameLegumes & LegumeMeals, Entrees, & Side DishesNut & SeedPorkPoultryRestaurant FoodsSausages & Luncheon MeatsSnacksSoups, Sauces, & GraviesSweetsVegetables & Vegetable
  1. 1Pacific cod, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products24.3 g
  2. 2Wild yellowfin tuna, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products24.2 g
  3. 3Shrimp, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products24.2 g
  4. 4Steamed haddockFish23.7 g
  5. 5Shrimp, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products23.6 g
  6. 6Wild mahi mahi, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products23.6 g
  7. 7Cooked fishNot included in a food category23.6 g
  8. 8Dried egg whites, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products23.6 g
  9. 9Wild halibut, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products23.4 g
  10. 10Wild Pacific cod, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products23.3 g
  11. 11Raw ruffed grouse breast, skinlessPoultry Products23.2 g
  12. 12Wild snapper, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products23.1 g
  13. 13Beef broth and consomme soup, canned, condensedSoups, Sauces, and Gravies22.9 g
  14. 14Wild caught Atlantic cod, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products22.8 g
  15. 15Spirulina, rawVegetables and Vegetable Products22.8 g
  16. 16Canned light tuna in water, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products22.6 g
  17. 17Alaska pollock, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products22.6 g
  18. 18Nonfat mozzarella cheeseDairy and Egg Products22.5 g
  19. 19Nonfat mozzarella cheeseCheese22.5 g
  20. 20Raw frog legsFinfish and Shellfish Products22.5 g
  21. 21Snow crab legs, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products22.4 g
  22. 22Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products22.4 g
  23. 23Alaska pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products22.4 g
  24. 24Emu outside drum, rawPoultry Products22.4 g
  25. 25Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products22.4 g
  26. 26Tuna, rawFish22.4 g
  27. 27Nonfat Swiss cheeseCheese22.4 g
  28. 28Tuna, cannedFish22.4 g
  29. 29TunaFish22.4 g
  30. 30Raw green turtleFinfish and Shellfish Products22.2 g
  31. 31Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products22.2 g
  32. 32Whey based protein powderBeverages22.2 g
  33. 33Protein powderProtein and nutritional powders22.2 g
  34. 34Whey-based nutritional powderProtein and nutritional powders22.2 g
  35. 35Steamed codFish22.2 g
  36. 36Fish, cod, Pacific, raw (may have been previously frozen)Finfish and Shellfish Products22.1 g
  37. 37Wild lobster tails, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products22.1 g
  38. 38Raw Alaska pollockFinfish and Shellfish Products22.1 g
  39. 39Cooked Pacific codFinfish and Shellfish Products22 g
  40. 40Raw haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products22 g
  41. 41Turkey, breast, smoked, lemon pepper flavor, 97% fat-freeSausages and Luncheon Meats22 g
  42. 42Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products22 g
  43. 43Raw pollockFinfish and Shellfish Products22 g
  44. 44Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.9 g
  45. 45Egg white, dried, powder, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products21.9 g
  46. 46Egg white, dried, flakes, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products21.9 g
  47. 47Raw northern pikeFinfish and Shellfish Products21.9 g
  48. 48Northern pike, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
  49. 49Emu fan fillet, rawPoultry Products21.8 g
  50. 50Moose, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products21.8 g
  51. 51MooseLamb, goat, game21.8 g
  52. 52Raw cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
  53. 53Raw lingFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
  54. 54Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
  55. 55Emu flat fillet, rawPoultry Products21.8 g
  56. 56Moose, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products21.8 g
  57. 57Pumpkinseed sunfish, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
  58. 58Alaska king crab, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
  59. 59Alaska pollock, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
  60. 60Raw mahimahiFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
  61. 61Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
  62. 62Smoked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
  63. 63Smoked fishFish21.8 g
  64. 64Cooked Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products21.7 g
  65. 65Cooked cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products21.7 g
  66. 66Raw Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products21.7 g
  67. 67Turkey drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products21.7 g
  68. 68Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products21.7 g
  69. 69Blue swimming crab lump, pasteurizedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.7 g
  70. 70Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products21.7 g
  71. 71Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products21.7 g
  72. 72Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products21.7 g
  73. 73Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.7 g
  74. 74Orange roughy, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products21.6 g
  75. 75Orange roughy, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.6 g
  76. 76LobsterShellfish21.6 g
  77. 77CrabShellfish21.5 g
  78. 78Crab, cannedShellfish21.5 g
  79. 79Canned blue crabFinfish and Shellfish Products21.5 g
  80. 80Cooked blue crabFinfish and Shellfish Products21.5 g
  81. 81Cooked burbotFinfish and Shellfish Products21.5 g
  82. 82Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products21.5 g
  83. 83White fish, mixed species, steamedFish21.5 g
  84. 84Burbot, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products21.5 g
  85. 85Raw northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products21.5 g
  86. 86Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.4 g
  87. 87Fresh skipjack tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products21.4 g
  88. 88Cooked northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products21.3 g
  89. 89Turkey light meat, meat only, rawPoultry Products21.3 g
  90. 90Raw perchFinfish and Shellfish Products21.3 g
  91. 91Steamed perchFish21.3 g
  92. 92Sliced fat-free oven-roasted chicken breastSausages and Luncheon Meats21.3 g
  93. 93Dried egg whitesDairy and Egg Products21.3 g
  94. 94Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.2 g
  95. 95Turkey light meat, meat only, roastedPoultry Products21.2 g
  96. 96Roasted turkey back, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products21.2 g
  97. 97Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products21.2 g
  98. 98Turkey wing, meat only, with added solution, roastedPoultry Products21.2 g
  99. 99Cowpea tips, boiled, with saltVegetables and Vegetable Products21.2 g
  100. 100Cowpeas, leafy tips, cooked, boiled, drained, without saltVegetables and Vegetable Products21.2 g

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Source: USDA FoodData Central. Per serving uses each food's typical USDA portion. Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older.