Biology:List of foods by protein content

Below is a list of protein content in foods, organised by food group and given in measurements of grams of protein per 100 grams of food portion. Most natural foods are composed largely of water. The reduction of water content has the greatest effect of increasing protein as a proportion of the overall mass of the foodstuff in question. It is to be noted that not all protein is equally digestible. Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS) is a method of evaluating the protein quality based on the amino acid requirements of humans.

Egg and dairy

Cheese

Cheese type	Protein (g) min.	Protein (g) max.
Gamalost	50	54
Parmesan	34.99	40.79
Gruyère		29.8
Edam		25
Cheddar (traditional)	24.9	27.2
Camembert		19.8
Cheddar (processed)	16.42	24.6
Feta		14.7
Ricotta	11.26	11.39

Whole chicken egg (organic)

10.62 to 13.63 (cooked)

Milk and milk substitutes

• Cow milk (fluid, raw or pasteurized) - 3.2 to 3.3
• Soy milk 5.1 to 7.5
• Goat milk 4.9 to 9.9
• Almond milk 1

Meat and mock meat

Common red meats

• Beef, cooked - 16.9 to 40.6
  • high scores: braised eye-of-round steak 40.62; broiled t-bone steak (porterhouse) 32.11
  • average scores: baked lean (ground beef) 24.47
  • low scores: corned beef: 16.91
• Lamb, cooked - 20.91 to 50.9

Less-common meat

• Bearded seal game meat, dried: 82.6
• Moose game meat, dried: 79.5
• Beaver game meat, broiled: 23.0
• Kangaroo: 21.4

White meat

• Fish (farmed Atlantic Salmon) 20.4 (USDA)
• Mock meat (cooked vegetarian preparations): 18.53 to 28.9
• Chicken: 27

Vegetables, grain, and pulses

Vegetables

• Nori seaweed, dried sheets: 5.81
• ready-to-eat green vegetables: 0.33 to 3.11
• ready-to-eat starchy tubers: 0.87 to 6.17
• boiled Black Beans: 9
• boiled chia seeds: 16
  • high scores: home-prepared potato pancakes 6.17; French fries 3.18-4.03
  • average scores: baked potato 2.5; boiled yam 1.49
  • low scores: boiled sweet potato 1.6

Legumes

• dry roasted soybeans: 13
• boiled lentils: 9
• boiled Green Peas: 5
• boiled Black eyed beans: 8
• boiled chickpeas: 9
• peanuts (raw, roasted, butter): 23.68 to 28.04

Baked products

• Wholewheat pancakes:
• Bread: 6.7 to 11.4
• Crackers: 7.43
• pulses: 23

Other food elements

Natural protein concentrates (often used in bodybuilding or as sports dietary supplements):

• Soy protein isolate (prepared with sodium or potassium): 80.66
• Whey protein isolate: 79.5
• Egg white, dried: 81.1
• Spirulina alga, dried: 57.45 (more often quoted as 55 to 77)
• Baker's yeast: 38.33
• Hemp husks 30

Bibliography

• "Canadian Nutrient File". Health Canada. http://205.193.93.51/cnfonline/newSearch.do?applanguage=en_CA. Retrieved 2009-01-16.  - all data unless specified was computed from their database.
• "Answerfitness report". http://www.answerfitness.com/331/highest-protein-content-food/#more-331. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 

See also

• Biological value
• Edible protein per unit area of land

External links

• "Protein content of some common foods found in the diet". British Nutrition Foundation. https://www.nutrition.org.uk/nutritionscience/nutrients-food-and-ingredients/protein.html?start=4. Retrieved 25 July 2018. 
• List of foods high in protein