Question for today. What is the highest protein per oz?

TBeverly49

I am direct to be on a high protein 140 carb low carb 60< and 60-70 gram a fat per day. I am not a big eater, just always the wrong food. Any suggestions?

MistressPi

I think water packed tuna and skinless chicken breast have the highest proportion of protein per weight.

TBeverly49

thanks

canadjineh

Here's the technical info - Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_Digestibility_Corrected_Amino_Acid_Score
quote"PDCAAS value of protein[edit]

A PDCAAS value of 1 is the highest, and 0 the lowest. The table shows the ratings of selected foods.[2][3][4][5]

1.00 casein (milk protein)
1.00 egg white
1.00 soy protein
1.00 whey (milk protein)
0.99 mycoprotein
0.92 beef
0.91 soybeans
0.78 chickpeas
0.76 fruits
0.75 black beans
0.73 vegetables
0.70 Other legumes
0.64 yellow split pea[6]
0.59 cereals and derivatives
0.52 peanuts
0.42 whole wheat
0.25 wheat gluten (food)

canadjineh

canadjineh wrote: »

Here's the technical info - Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_Digestibility_Corrected_Amino_Acid_Score
quote"PDCAAS value of protein[edit]

A PDCAAS value of 1 is the highest, and 0 the lowest. The table shows the ratings of selected foods.[2][3][4][5]

1.00 casein (milk protein)
1.00 egg white
1.00 soy protein
1.00 whey (milk protein)
0.99 mycoprotein
0.92 beef
0.91 soybeans
0.78 chickpeas
0.76 fruits
0.75 black beans
0.73 vegetables
0.70 Other legumes
0.64 yellow split pea[6]
0.59 cereals and derivatives
0.52 peanuts
0.42 whole wheat
0.25 wheat gluten (food)

mycoprotein is Quorn. just fyi.

Sunny_Bunny_

What the heck is a quorn? My phone even wanted to autocorrect that to quirk.
Even my phone doesn't know this word!

minties82

The whey protein powder I bought and never drink is 27.7g per 30g serving which is quite high I think. Reactiv.

canadjineh

Quorn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorn
technically a brand name, it's like 'Kleenex' which is really paper tissues but a brand that they are known as.

Cheesy567

Shrimp/ prawns have a high protein content, they're pretty much nothing but protein and a touch of fat.

That's a lot of protein each day-- I tried to get 130gm a day, and pretty much had to focus on just eating leaner protein, the fat would follow. It's tough!

GrannyMayOz

Quorn is a meat substitute used in the UK. In Australia it's known as TVP (textured vegetable protein). Off the top of my head it's not terribly healthy.

jumanajane

I tried Quorn in the 80's I think. Lots of veggie dishes use it. Its tasteless and like carboard but apparently can absorb flavours etc quite well. Made from mushrooms if my memory serves me right.

BikerGirlElaine

GrannyMayOz wrote: »

Quorn is a meat substitute used in the UK. In Australia it's known as TVP (textured vegetable protein). Off the top of my head it's not terribly healthy.

No, TVP is made from soy. Quorn is not. However, both are marketed as alternative protein sources. Quorn's not made from mushrooms either -- it's made from a fungus, but not mushrooms.

OP, if you focus on chicken, turkey, fish & seafood you should have no problems making those macronutrients. If your fats are too high, take the skin off the poultry and eat the breast meat only, and choose non-fatty fishes (tilapia, cod). If your fats are too low, leave the skin on, choose thighs & drumsticks and eat fatty fishes like salmon and tuna. As someone already said, most shellfish are high in protein and low in fat as well.

Or, you could decide to choose the lower fat meats and add butter/oil as required to get to your needed fat grams.

canadjineh

Mushrooms are also fungus, but not the type of fungus used for Quorn.

MistressPi

canadjineh wrote: »

Here's the technical info - Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_Digestibility_Corrected_Amino_Acid_Score
quote"PDCAAS value of protein[edit]

A PDCAAS value of 1 is the highest, and 0 the lowest. The table shows the ratings of selected foods.[2][3][4][5]

1.00 casein (milk protein)
1.00 egg white
1.00 soy protein
1.00 whey (milk protein)
0.99 mycoprotein
0.92 beef
0.91 soybeans
0.78 chickpeas
0.76 fruits
0.75 black beans
0.73 vegetables
0.70 Other legumes
0.64 yellow split pea[6]
0.59 cereals and derivatives
0.52 peanuts
0.42 whole wheat
0.25 wheat gluten (food)

Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS) is a method of evaluating the protein quality based on both the amino acid requirements of humans and their ability to digest it. The PDCAAS rating was adopted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) in 1993 as "the preferred 'best'" method to determine protein quality. These organizations have suggested that other methods for evaluating the quality of protein are inferior.

so this system of rating is about quality, not quantity.

100 g of water packed tuna provides 19.44 g protein
100 g of ground beef (85/15) provides 18.59 protein
100 g of edamame (soybeans) provides 12.35 g protein (but this food lacks an essential amino acid, tryptophan)

I disagree with whoever came up with this system that beef and soybeans are essentially equally good sources of protein. Animal proteins have much greater satiety for me than soybeans. I have tried to get enough protein to feel satisfied from a meal of soy products and vegetables, and I gotta tell you, I ate over 700 calories in that meal and still did not feel satisfied, even though I was stuffed.

MDAPebbles67

Ground turkey is pretty high. I love to add spices and make breakfast sausage.

professionalHobbyist

I like the 99% lean Jennie 0 turkey and spice it up good

Kind of cook it hard and it absorbs flavors and is yummy as a topping