This document provides a protein food guide that categorizes foods into high, medium, and low protein sources. High protein foods contain 10 or more grams of protein per serving, such as beef, chicken, fish, nuts, and dairy. Medium protein foods have 4-9 grams of protein per serving, including eggs, yogurt, beans, and lentils. Low protein foods provide less than 4 grams of protein, like bread, vegetables, rice, and fruits. The guide lists many common foods and their typical protein content to help people meet their daily protein needs through diet.
This document provides a protein food guide that categorizes foods into high, medium, and low protein sources. High protein foods contain 10 or more grams of protein per serving, such as beef, chicken, fish, nuts, and dairy. Medium protein foods have 4-9 grams of protein per serving, including eggs, yogurt, beans, and lentils. Low protein foods provide less than 4 grams of protein, like bread, vegetables, rice, and fruits. The guide lists many common foods and their typical protein content to help people meet their daily protein needs through diet.
This document provides a protein food guide that categorizes foods into high, medium, and low protein sources. High protein foods contain 10 or more grams of protein per serving, such as beef, chicken, fish, nuts, and dairy. Medium protein foods have 4-9 grams of protein per serving, including eggs, yogurt, beans, and lentils. Low protein foods provide less than 4 grams of protein, like bread, vegetables, rice, and fruits. The guide lists many common foods and their typical protein content to help people meet their daily protein needs through diet.
This document provides a protein food guide that categorizes foods into high, medium, and low protein sources. High protein foods contain 10 or more grams of protein per serving, such as beef, chicken, fish, nuts, and dairy. Medium protein foods have 4-9 grams of protein per serving, including eggs, yogurt, beans, and lentils. Low protein foods provide less than 4 grams of protein, like bread, vegetables, rice, and fruits. The guide lists many common foods and their typical protein content to help people meet their daily protein needs through diet.
Egg, whole, large 1 large 6 Beef, ground, 97% lean 3 ounce 22 Hot dog 1 (hot dog) 6 Beef (top round, bottom round) 3 ounce 24-26 Meat, deli sliced (ham, turkey, Beef, roast beef 3 ounce 23 3 slices 6-8 chicken) 3.5 ounce Dairy Chicken, breast 29 (½ breast) Cheese, American 1 ounce 5 Chicken (white, dark) 3 ounce 20-22 Ice cream, vanilla soft serve ½ cup 4 Fish (fried) 3 ounce 15 Milk, 2% ½ cup 4 Lamb (leg) 3 ounce 22 Milk, evaporated, canned ½ cup 9 1 can Pudding, prepared with milk ½ cup 4.5 Sardines, with bone 23 (3.75 ounce) 1 container Pork, tenderloin 3 ounce 22 Yogurt, plain, whole milk 6 (6 ounce) Crab 3 ounce 15 Plant/Grains Crab, Alaska 1 leg 22 Beans, kidney (canned) ½ cup 7
Tuna (light, in water) 3 ounce 21.7 Beans, baked (canned) ½ cup 6
Turkey, (white, dark) 3 ounce 24-26 Lentils ½ cup 9
Peas ½ cup 4 Clams, fried 20 small 27 Nuts, cashews, walnuts, Cod, Atlantic 3 ounce 19 1 ounce 4 mixed Haddock 1 fillet 30 Nuts, peanuts, pistachios, 1 ounce 6 almonds Salmon, fresh 3 ounce 19 Seeds, sunflower 1 ounce 5 Pollock 3 ounce 21 Seeds, pumpkin 1 ounce 8 Shrimp 3 ounce 20 Soybeans (edamame) ½ cup 9 Dairy Soy, milk 1 cup 6 Cheese, cottage (1% milkfat) 4 ounce 14 Tofu, firm ¼ cup 9 Cheese, mozzarella ½ cup 12 Peanut butter, chunky 2 tbsp 8 Plant/Grains 1 small bagel Bagel 7 (3½ inch diameter) Veggie/soy patty 1 patty 11 Roll, hamburger or hotdog 1 roll 4 Spaghetti 1 cup 13 Muffin, English 1 muffin 4 Cereal, granola ½ cup 6 Protein Food Guide
Low-protein food sources
(Less than 4 grams of protein per serving)
Serving Grams of Serving Grams of
Food Food size protein size protein
Dairy Cereal, raisin bran 1 cup 4
Cheese, parmesan 2 tablespoon 3 Corn, kernel ½ cup 2
Cheese, cream 1 tablespoon 1 Cream of wheat 1 cup 4
Cream, light or half & half Collard Greens ½ cup 3
2 tablespoon 1 (fat free) Muffin, Blueberry 1 small 3 Sour cream ½ cup 3 Mushrooms, canned ½ cup 1 Yogurt, frozen, vanilla ½ cup 3 Oatmeal, dry ⅓ cup 4 Plant/Grains Pancake (4-inch) 1 each 2 Beans, green/yellow snap ½ cup 1 Peas, green, canned ½ cup 4 Beets, canned ½ cup slices 1 Potato, baked with skin 1 medium 4 1 each (large 6 ½ Rice, brown ½ cup 3 Bread, pita 5 inch) Rice, wild ½ cup 3 Bread, white wheat 1 slice 3 Spinach, cooked ½ cup 3 Broccoli, cooked ½ cup, chopped 2 Tomato sauce ½ cup 2 Brussels sprouts ½ cup 1 Tortilla, flour 1 tortilla 4 Cauliflower, chopped ½ ½ cup 1 pieces