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 450,578 USDA foods; unusual items like supplements' raw ingredients and regional specialties are left out.

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. 17Nonfat mozzarella cheeseCheese22.5 g
18. 18Raw frog legsFinfish and Shellfish Products22.5 g
19. 19Snow crab legs, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products22.4 g
20. 20Fresh yellowfin tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products22.4 g
21. 21Alaska pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products22.4 g
22. 22Emu outside drum, rawPoultry Products22.4 g
23. 23Fresh yellowfin tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products22.4 g
24. 24Tuna, rawFish22.4 g
25. 25Nonfat Swiss cheeseCheese22.4 g
26. 26TunaFish22.4 g
27. 27Tuna, cannedFish22.4 g
28. 28Raw green turtleFinfish and Shellfish Products22.2 g
29. 29Cooked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products22.2 g
30. 30Protein powderProtein and nutritional powders22.2 g
31. 31Whey based protein powderBeverages22.2 g
32. 32Whey-based nutritional powderProtein and nutritional powders22.2 g
33. 33Steamed codFish22.2 g
34. 34Pacific cod, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products22.1 g
35. 35Wild lobster tails, frozenFinfish and Shellfish Products22.1 g
36. 36Raw Alaska pollockFinfish and Shellfish Products22.1 g
37. 37Cooked Pacific codFinfish and Shellfish Products22 g
38. 38Raw haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products22 g
39. 39Lemon pepper turkey breast, 97% fat-freeSausages and Luncheon Meats22 g
40. 40Canned light tuna in water, no salt, drainedFinfish and Shellfish Products22 g
41. 41Raw pollockFinfish and Shellfish Products22 g
42. 42Ling, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.9 g
43. 43Egg white, dried, powder, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products21.9 g
44. 44Egg white, dried, flakes, stabilized, glucose reducedDairy and Egg Products21.9 g
45. 45Raw northern pikeFinfish and Shellfish Products21.9 g
46. 46Northern pike, cooked, dry heatFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
47. 47Emu fan fillet, rawPoultry Products21.8 g
48. 48Moose, roastedLamb, Veal, and Game Products21.8 g
49. 49MooseLamb, goat, game21.8 g
50. 50Raw cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
51. 51Raw lingFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
52. 52Pumpkinseed sunfish, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
53. 53Emu flat fillet, rawPoultry Products21.8 g
54. 54Moose, rawLamb, Veal, and Game Products21.8 g
55. 55Pumpkinseed sunfish, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
56. 56Alaska king crab, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
57. 57Alaska pollock, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
58. 58Raw mahimahiFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
59. 59Mahimahi, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
60. 60Smoked fishFish21.8 g
61. 61Smoked haddockFinfish and Shellfish Products21.8 g
62. 62Cooked Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products21.7 g
63. 63Cooked cuskFinfish and Shellfish Products21.7 g
64. 64Raw Atlantic codFinfish and Shellfish Products21.7 g
65. 65Turkey drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products21.7 g
66. 66Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products21.7 g
67. 67Blue swimming crab lump, pasteurizedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.7 g
68. 68Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products21.7 g
69. 69Atlantic cod, canned, solids and liquidFinfish and Shellfish Products21.7 g
70. 70Smoked mixed whitefishFinfish and Shellfish Products21.7 g
71. 71Atlantic cod, dried and saltedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.7 g
72. 72Orange roughy, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products21.6 g
73. 73Orange roughy, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.6 g
74. 74LobsterShellfish21.6 g
75. 75Canned blue crabFinfish and Shellfish Products21.5 g
76. 76Cooked blue crabFinfish and Shellfish Products21.5 g
77. 77CrabShellfish21.5 g
78. 78Crab, cannedShellfish21.5 g
79. 79Cooked burbotFinfish and Shellfish Products21.5 g
80. 80White fish, mixed species, steamedFish21.5 g
81. 81Burbot, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products21.5 g
82. 82Raw northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products21.5 g
83. 83Fresh skipjack tuna, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.4 g
84. 84Fresh skipjack tuna, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products21.4 g
85. 85Cooked northern lobsterFinfish and Shellfish Products21.3 g
86. 86Turkey light meat, meat only, rawPoultry Products21.3 g
87. 87Raw perchFinfish and Shellfish Products21.3 g
88. 88Steamed perchFish21.3 g
89. 89Sliced fat-free oven-roasted chicken breastSausages and Luncheon Meats21.3 g
90. 90Dried egg whitesDairy and Egg Products21.3 g
91. 91Perch, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.2 g
92. 92Roasted turkey back, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products21.2 g
93. 93Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products21.2 g
94. 94Turkey light meat, meat only, roastedPoultry Products21.2 g
95. 95Turkey wing, meat only, with added solution, roastedPoultry Products21.2 g
96. 96Cowpea tips, boiledVegetables and Vegetable Products21.2 g
97. 97Cowpea tips, boiled, with saltVegetables and Vegetable Products21.2 g
98. 98Atlantic pollock, rawFinfish and Shellfish Products21.1 g
99. 99Veal top round cutlet, boneless, grilledLamb, Veal, and Game Products21.1 g
100. 100Atlantic pollock, cookedFinfish and Shellfish Products21.1 g

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.