Protein Content of Common Foods

Posted by Clay Hillary | January 21st, 2010 in Common Foods, Protein | No Comments »

Food Protein Content
(grams protein / 100 g of food)

Cereals

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

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

Protein Content

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

Protein Content

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


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