High Protein and Low Calorie Foods – The List
Cod Fish by Mariuszpierog/Flickr
See the chart below to find great sources of protein that are also low in calories. Fish dominates the list.
High Protein and Low Calorie Foods – Bubble Chart
data source: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/nutrients/index
Description. Color shows sum of Protein(g)Per 100 g. Size shows sum of Energy(kcal)Per 100 g. The marks are labeled by Description. The view is filtered on Description, sum of Protein(g)Per 100 g and sum of Energy(kcal)Per 100 g. The Description filter keeps 3,716 of 8,220 members. The sum of Protein(g)Per 100 g filter ranges from 20 to 88. The sum of Energy(kcal)Per 100 g filter ranges from 0 to 120.
| Description | Energy(kcal)Per 100 g | Protein(g)Per 100 g |
| Crustaceans, shrimp, mixed species, canned | 100 | 20.42 |
| Fish, pout, ocean, cooked, dry heat | 102 | 21.33 |
| Fish, cod, Atlantic, canned, solids and liquid | 105 | 22.76 |
| Fish, cod, Atlantic, cooked, dry heat | 105 | 22.83 |
| Fish, roughy, orange, cooked, dry heat | 105 | 22.64 |
| Fish, whitefish, mixed species, smoked | 108 | 23.4 |
| Fish, dolphinfish, cooked, dry heat | 109 | 23.72 |
| Fish, lingcod, cooked, dry heat | 109 | 22.64 |
| Fish, rockfish, Pacific, mixed species, cooked, dry heat | 109 | 22.23 |
| Crustaceans, crab, dungeness, cooked, moist heat | 110 | 22.32 |
| Canadian bacon, unprepared | 111 | 20.24 |
| Fish, halibut, Atlantic and Pacific, cooked, dry heat | 111 | 22.54 |
| Fish, ling, cooked, dry heat | 111 | 24.35 |
| Fish, pollock, Alaska, cooked, dry heat | 111 | 23.48 |
| Mollusks, scallop, (bay and sea), cooked, steamed | 111 | 20.54 |
| Fish, cusk, cooked, dry heat | 112 | 24.35 |
| Fish, pike, northern, cooked, dry heat | 113 | 24.69 |
| Pork, cured, ham with natural juices, whole, boneless, separable lean only, heated, roasted | 113 | 20.57 |
| Fish, sunfish, pumpkin seed, cooked, dry heat | 114 | 24.87 |
| Pork, cured, ham with natural juices, whole, boneless, separable lean and fat, heated, roasted | 114 | 20.54 |
| Crustaceans, crab, queen, cooked, moist heat | 115 | 23.72 |
| Fish, burbot, cooked, dry heat | 115 | 24.76 |
| Fish, haddock, smoked | 116 | 25.23 |
| Fish, tuna, light, canned in water, without salt, drained solids | 116 | 25.51 |
| Fish, whiting, mixed species, cooked, dry heat | 116 | 23.48 |
| Pork, cured, ham with natural juices, slice, boneless, separable lean only, heated, pan-broil | 116 | 20.95 |
| Pork, fresh, enhanced, loin, tenderloin, separable lean only, cooked, roasted | 116 | 21.61 |
| Turkey breast, low salt, prepackaged or deli, luncheon meat | 116 | 22.81 |
| Fish, perch, mixed species, cooked, dry heat | 117 | 24.86 |
| Fish, grouper, mixed species, cooked, dry heat | 118 | 24.84 |
| Fish, pollock, Atlantic, cooked, dry heat | 118 | 24.92 |
| Pork, cured, ham with natural juices, slice, boneless, separable lean and fat, heated, pan-broil | 118 | 20.89 |
| Crustaceans, shrimp, mixed species, cooked, moist heat | 119 | 22.78 |
| Fish, pike, walleye, cooked, dry heat | 119 | 24.54 |
| Fish, sucker, white, cooked, dry heat | 119 | 21.49 |
| Beef, variety meats and by-products, lungs, cooked, braised | 120 | 20.4 |