Protein Requirement & Function
List of high protein foods
Proteins in Vegetables and Beans
Protein in Nuts and Seeds
List of high protein foods
Proteins in Vegetables and Beans
Protein in Nuts and Seeds
Milk and milk products like cheese and yogurt are high in protein content.
| Description | Weight (g) | Measure | Content per Measure (g) |
| Butter, with salt | 14.2 | 1 tbsp | 0.12 |
| Butter, without salt | 14.2 | 1 tbsp | 0.12 |
| Cheese, cheddar | 28.35 | 1 oz | 7.06 |
| Cheese, cottage, creamed, large or small curd | 210 | 1 cup | 26.23 |
| Cheese, cottage, creamed, with fruit | 226 | 1 cup | 22.37 |
| Cheese, cottage, low fat, 1% milkfat | 226 | 1 cup | 28.00 |
| Cheese, cottage, low fat, 2% milkfat | 226 | 1 cup | 31.05 |
| Cheese, cream | 14.5 | 1 tbsp | 1.09 |
| Cheese, cream, fat free | 15.6 | 1 tbsp | 2.25 |
| Cheese, feta | 28.35 | 1 oz | 4.03 |
| Cheese, low fat, cheddar or Colby | 28.35 | 1 oz | 6.90 |
| Cheese, mozzarella, part skim milk, low moisture | 28.35 | 1 oz | 7.79 |
| Cheese, mozzarella, whole milk | 28.35 | 1 oz | 5.51 |
| Cheese, parmesan, grated | 5 | 1 tbsp | 2.08 |
| Cheese, ricotta, part skim milk | 246 | 1 cup | 28.02 |
| Cheese, ricotta, whole milk | 246 | 1 cup | 27.70 |
| Milk shakes, thick chocolate | 300 | 10.6 fl oz | 9.15 |
| Milk shakes, thick vanilla | 313 | 11 fl oz | 12.08 |
| Milk, buttermilk, dried | 6.5 | 1 tbsp | 2.23 |
| Milk, buttermilk, fluid, cultured, low fat | 245 | 1 cup | 8.11 |
| Milk, canned, condensed, sweetened | 306 | 1 cup | 24.20 |
| Milk, canned, evaporated, non fat | 256 | 1 cup | 19.33 |
| Milk, canned, evaporated, without added vitamin A | 252 | 1 cup | 17.16 |
| Milk, dry, non fat, instant, with added vitamin A | 23 | 1/3 cup | 8.07 |
| Milk, fluid, 3.25% milk fat | 244 | 1 cup | 8.03 |
| Milk, low fat, fluid, 1% milk fat, with added vitamin A | 244 | 1 cup | 8.03 |
| Soy milk, fluid | 245 | 1 cup | 6.74 |
| Soy yogurt, plain | 180 | 1 cup | 6.00 |
| Yogurt, fruit, low fat, 10 grams protein per 8 ounce | 227 | 8-oz container | 9.92 |
| Yogurt, plain, low fat, 12 grams protein per 8 ounce | 227 | 8-oz container | 11.92 |
| Yogurt, plain, skim milk, 13 grams protein per 8 ounce | 227 | 8-oz container | 13.01 |
| Yogurt, plain, whole milk, 8 grams protein per 8 ounce | 227 | 8-oz container | 7.88 |