Protein Content of Common Foods
Food Protein Content
(grams protein / 100 g of food)
Cereals
Breads from 5.5 to 12.1
Cheescake 5.3
Vanilla Milkshake 3.5
Pancakes (alone) 7.4
Cereals (without milk)
Cheerios 15.0
Corn Flakes 8.1
Froot Loops 6.0
Fruit & Fiber 10.5
Oatmeal 2.6
15.0 puffed wheat
Rice Krispies 6.6
Raisin Bran 9.5 to 10.9
Special K 19.7
Total 10.0
Cheese, Meat and Other
Hard cheeses from 15.9 to 29.6
Cottage cheese from 12.3 to 17.3
Varieties of fish from 17.6 to 26.5
Boiled Shrimp 20.9
29.6 Natural Tuna
Minced meat, lean 24.7
Roast Beef, lean 28.6 to 31.8
11.3 sausage meat
Cooked chicken or turkey from 27.2 to 32.8
14.3 turkey sausage
18.9 Common Sausage
Boiled eggs from 10.2 to 12.4
Milk from 3.3 to 3.4
Yoghurt 4.2 to 5.6
Plants
Green beans, cooked 1.4
Black beans, cooked 8.7
Corn, cooked 2.8
Lentils, cooked 9.0
Peas, cooked 5.3
Potatoes, cooked from 1.8 to 3.9
Spinach, cooked 3.0
Tofu 8.1
Other
Dried or toasted almonds 20.1
Spaghetti, cooked from 3.5 to 4.9
12.5 Cheese Pizza
Pizza with cheese and pepperoni 21.0