What food has the most protein?

wasveganvictoria88
wasveganvictoria88 Posts: 249 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I'm still not getting enough protein? I need low calorie high protein foods!
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  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Meat.
    The more lean. The more protein/cal.

    I'm taking a WILD GUESS by your username, that this isn't the answer you wanted.

    Tempeh has the highest for you, in that case, I think.
  • runfatmanrun
    runfatmanrun Posts: 1,090 Member
    eggs, greek yogurt, lean meats, kashi go lean cereal ( as far as cereals go)
  • Taboo89
    Taboo89 Posts: 2
    My diet is for the most part vegetarian and i get most my protein from egg whites and salmon. Along with dairy and skim milk, i meet all my protein requirements. It's a lot more difficult if you are vegan =/ but I'm sure its doable, i just don't know and can't provide any further information there.
  • csandra1219
    csandra1219 Posts: 29
    vegan hmm
    tofu
    sprouts - like alfafa sprouts
    spinach
    pea shoots
  • rumpusparable
    rumpusparable Posts: 160
    TVP
    Beans of many sorts
  • Connie_Cupcake
    Connie_Cupcake Posts: 62
    Beans! Black beans are awesome and tasty too!
  • jojeh2011
    jojeh2011 Posts: 46 Member
    TUNA.

    This is probably the best nutritional bang for your buck. a little goes a long way in terms of protein.
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    eggs, meat, fish, cheese, cottage cheese, greek yoghurt, quark, peanuts, beans, pulses, nuts
  • msgremmy
    msgremmy Posts: 88
    I use a protein powder, and it gets me almost halfway to my goal. Then I throw in tofu, crumbles, meatlessballs, tofurkey, or soy milk... any number of things. I would really look into a protein powder, though.
  • DonttrythatwithME
    DonttrythatwithME Posts: 214 Member
    quinoa is full of it
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    sorry, just saw you were vegan - what about a soy protein shake? and obv nuts, beans etc
  • lpaige60
    lpaige60 Posts: 1
    Try quinoa. It is one of the "ancient grains" and has lots of protien. In addition it is a complete protien meaning it has all 9 essential amino acids. Good luck -
  • TKHappy
    TKHappy Posts: 659 Member
    You are welcomed to look at my diary, for the most part I think I do well with protein...I do eat a lot of greek yogurt, protein powder, beans, nuts, tofu and cheese!
  • TKHappy
    TKHappy Posts: 659 Member
    Try quinoa. It is one of the "ancient grains" and has lots of protien. In addition it is a complete protien meaning it has all 8 essential amino acids. Good luck -

    THIS!!! :)
  • cyclerjenn
    cyclerjenn Posts: 833 Member
    I'm a veggie and I eat a lot of tofu, beans, cottage cheese, feta cheese, and protein powder. I also started to add chia seeds to just about everything.
  • juicyfruitkk
    juicyfruitkk Posts: 95 Member
    lean meat
    cottage cheese
    beans
    eggs
    greek yogurt
    quinoa

    but if you are vegan some of those are out........

    Arbonne makes a protein shake that packs 20G of vegan protein, I like the vanilla
  • Christine1110
    Christine1110 Posts: 1,786 Member
    Meat, eggs, Cheese, cottage cheese, nuts & beans
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    Per 100 calories, broccoli has more protein than chicken.
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    hey, had a nosy at your diary - you do do dairy so try cottage cheese.

    after the gym i have this with berries, oats and honey - its gorgeous. you could try this with quark also (they have this in morrisons - a little like 0% greek yogurt but nicer)

    apple and peanut butter is another nice snack.

    feel free to nosy at my diary - sorry in advance for all the meat in there.
  • JayByrd107
    JayByrd107 Posts: 282 Member
    Aaaactualy, her profile says she was vegan but is no longer. I posted a similar questiona few weeks ago and learned that shrimp has the best calorie to protein ratio. :bigsmile: Other lean cuts of meat like chicken breast are also very high. Some varieties of greek yogurt and cottage cheese are also very high non-meat sources.

    Beans and quinoa have protein, but they are rather inferior compared to many other sources. More like carbs that happen to provide protein as well.
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    Try quinoa. It is one of the "ancient grains" and has lots of protien. In addition it is a complete protien meaning it has all 9 essential amino acids. Good luck -


    there are 11 essential amino acids and 11 non-essential amino acids
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    Per 100 calories, broccoli has more protein than chicken.


    again? really? how much is that in gramms?
  • Peschuntz
    Peschuntz Posts: 270 Member
    I noticed that Chobani yogurt packs 14 grams of protein in their 6 oz. containers! Pretty darn good!
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Per 100 calories, broccoli has more protein than chicken.

    Uh, what?
    Not sure if trolling, or just bad at math.

    Just in case,

    100cal of broccoli has 8g of protein. 100cal of chicken breast has 17-18g of protein.

    Also Quinoa does have quality protein, but not very much of it. About 4g/100 calories.

    1 protein = 4 calories.

    100calories in chicken breast = 72 calories from protein
    100 calories in broccoli = 32 calories from protein
    Quinoa? Only 16 calories per 100 calories are from protein.
  • JayByrd107
    JayByrd107 Posts: 282 Member
    Per 100 calories, broccoli has more protein than chicken.

    Are you sure?

    Calories Carbs Fat Protein
    Broccoli - Raw, 300 g 102 20 1 8
    Chicken - Breast, meat only, cooked, roasted, 60 g 99 0 2 19

    This is using the FDA values found here on MFP, and I even gave broccoli a 3 calorie advantage.
  • Picola1984
    Picola1984 Posts: 1,133
    I'm sure I read something about garden peas having more protein in than meat....I find this odd
  • janemem
    janemem Posts: 575 Member
    Not sure if anyone's mentioned this before but what about bulgur wheat?
    It's so versatile and full of goodness.
  • JayByrd107
    JayByrd107 Posts: 282 Member
    Not sure if anyone's mentioned this before but what about bulgur wheat?
    It's so versatile and full of goodness.

    Neither high protein or low calorie. A 140 calorie serving has about 5 grams of protein (versus 20g+ protein in the same calories worth of chicken). The OP is looking for low cal/high protein. As far as that goes, bulgur is pretty meh.
  • wasveganvictoria88
    wasveganvictoria88 Posts: 249 Member
    Thanks for your ideas! And no I'm not a vegan anymore - but I do still eat a lot of vegan/vegetarian food so it was good to see the meat alternatives :)
  • VMarkV
    VMarkV Posts: 522 Member
    Per 100 calories, broccoli has more protein than chicken.
    This is just bad logic, sure by weight or calories some vegetables can be considered more protein dense than meats but it doesn't help that you would have to eat through massive amounts of bulk as well as other macros just to get some protein.

    I think that eating a palm sized portion of meat would be much easier than blending, juicing, etc. a tree sized portion worth of green vegetables just to get some protein.

    If you are really in need of high protein strictly vegetarian for whatever reason, spirulina and chlorella are good sources

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