Vegetarian foods high in Protein (USDA Foundation)

Protein is essential for building and repairing muscles, organs, and other tissues.

FDA daily value: 50 g

Diet All Vegetarian Vegan
Source All Canadian (CNF) USDA SR Legacy USDA Foundation

Showing 51-100 of 340 foods.

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
51 Beans, Dry, Flor de Mayo (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 23.30 g 47%
52 Peanuts, raw Legumes and Legume Products 23.20 g 46%
53 Cheese, monterey jack, solid Dairy and Egg Products 22.62 g 45%
54 Peanut butter, smooth style, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 22.50 g 45%
55 Cheese, oaxaca, solid Dairy and Egg Products 22.14 g 44%
56 Beans, cannellini, dry Legumes and Legume Products 21.56 g 43%
57 Nuts, almonds, whole, raw Nut and Seed Products 21.45 g 43%
58 Beans, Dry, Red (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 21.30 g 43%
59 Beans, Dry, Red (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 21.30 g 43%
60 Chickpeas, (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), dry Legumes and Legume Products 21.27 g 43%
61 Blackeye pea, dry Legumes and Legume Products 21.23 g 42%
62 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 21.00 g 42%
63 Almond butter, creamy Nut and Seed Products 20.79 g 42%
64 Nuts, pistachio nuts, raw Nut and Seed Products 20.51 g 41%
65 Nuts, almonds, dry roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 20.40 g 41%
66 Cheese, feta, whole milk, crumbled Dairy and Egg Products 19.71 g 39%
67 Sesame butter, creamy Nut and Seed Products 19.71 g 39%
68 Cheese, queso fresco, solid Dairy and Egg Products 18.88 g 38%
69 Seeds, sunflower seed, kernel, raw Nut and Seed Products 18.87 g 38%
70 Flaxseed, ground Nut and Seed Products 18.04 g 36%
71 Cheese, pasteurized process, American, vitamin D fortified Dairy and Egg Products 18.00 g 36%
72 Cheese, American, restaurant Dairy and Egg Products 17.50 g 35%
73 Nuts, cashew nuts, raw Nut and Seed Products 17.44 g 35%
74 Chia seeds, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 17.01 g 34%
75 Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg yolk Dairy and Egg Products 16.20 g 32%
76 Flour, coconut Nut and Seed Products 16.14 g 32%
77 Nuts, pine nuts, raw Nut and Seed Products 15.70 g 31%
78 Egg, yolk, raw, frozen, pasteurized Dairy and Egg Products 15.60 g 31%
79 Cheese, pasteurized process cheese food or product, American, singles Dairy and Egg Products 15.57 g 31%
80 Einkorn, grain, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 15.12 g 30%
81 Flour, whole wheat, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 15.10 g 30%
82 Nuts, brazilnuts, raw Nut and Seed Products 15.04 g 30%
83 Khorasan, grain, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 14.76 g 30%
84 Nuts, walnuts, English, halves, raw Nut and Seed Products 14.56 g 29%
85 Flour, spelt, whole grain Cereal Grains and Pasta 14.47 g 29%
86 Flour, bread, white, enriched, unbleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 14.30 g 29%
87 Oats, whole grain, rolled, old fashioned Cereal Grains and Pasta 13.50 g 27%
88 Nuts, hazelnuts or filberts, raw Nut and Seed Products 13.49 g 27%
89 Flour, semolina, fine Cereal Grains and Pasta 13.33 g 27%
90 Flour, amaranth Cereal Grains and Pasta 13.21 g 26%
91 Flour, oat, whole grain Cereal Grains and Pasta 13.17 g 26%
92 Flour, wheat, all-purpose, enriched, unbleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 13.10 g 26%
93 Wild rice, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 12.79 g 26%
94 Farro, pearled, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 12.64 g 25%
95 Oats, whole grain, steel cut Cereal Grains and Pasta 12.51 g 25%
96 Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole Dairy and Egg Products 12.40 g 25%
97 Egg, whole, raw, frozen, pasteurized Dairy and Egg Products 12.30 g 25%
98 Bread, whole-wheat, commercially prepared Baked Products 12.30 g 25%
99 Flour, wheat, all-purpose, unenriched, unbleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 12.00 g 24%
100 Flour, quinoa Cereal Grains and Pasta 11.92 g 24%

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