High-protein foods

2,373 foods

Foods where protein is a major share of the energy. Protein does not raise blood sugar directly and slows the glucose response of a mixed meal. Every food on this list is ranked by its glycemic load per 100 g, lowest first, so the best choices for blood sugar come first. Open a food for the portion-based load, nutrition facts and alternatives.

Sorted by glycemic load per 100 g, lowest first.

Chicken mortadella — 3/10 Chicken neck — 6/10 Chicken piece — 8.5/10 Chicken quarter — 8/10 Chicken salad — 7.5/10 Chicken sausage — 4/10 Chicken skewers — 8.5/10 Chicken skin crumbs — 3/10 Chicken slices — 6/10 Chicken stick — 4/10 Chicken strips coated in ground flaxseed and spices — 8/10 Chicken supreme — 9/10 Chicken tail — 6/10 Chicken tapa — 6.5/10 Chicken tawook — 8/10 Chicken thigh — 8/10 Chicken thigh skinless — 8/10 Chicken thigh with drumstick and skin — 6.5/10 Chicken wing meat — 8/10 Chicken wings — 6/10 Chicken wings, grilled, no breading or commercial sauces — 8/10 Chicken with cream — 6/10 Chicken with dill sauce — 8/10 Chihuahua cheese — 5/10 Chili cheese — 5/10 Chili kabanossi — 3/10 Chili salami — 3/10 Chinese mitten crab — 8.5/10 Chirraku fish — 9/10 Chistorra sausage — 2/10 Chor carraca — 5/10 Chorizo — 3/10 Chorizo sausage — 3/10 Chuck roast — 7/10 Chum salmon caviar — 7/10 Clams — 8/10 Cloud bread (egg and dairy bread substitute) — 7/10 Coalfish — 9/10 Cod (raw) — 9/10 Cod (raw) — 9/10 Cod fillet — 9/10 Cod fillet coated in crushed almonds and baked — 8.5/10 Cod fish balls — 8.5/10 Cod Loin — 9/10 Cod steak — 9/10 Cod with butter sauce — 7.5/10 Coffee powder — 6/10 Cojack cheese — 4/10 Colby jack cheese — 5/10 Cold cooked meat — 4.5/10 Cold cuts — 4/10 Collagen peptide powder — 6/10 Collagen peptides (wild-caught fish skin) — 7/10 Collagen protein powder — 6/10 Collagen Protein Powder — 7/10 Collagen sausage casing — 6/10 Comté cheese — 6/10 Conch — 8.5/10 Confit poultry gizzards — 5/10 Confit poultry gizzards — 5/10 Cooked catfish fillet — 7/10 Cooked chicken — 8.5/10 Cooked chicken breast ham — 6/10 Cooked chicken breast mixed with plain greek yogurt — 8.5/10 Cooked chicken leg — 8/10 Cooked chicken liver — 8/10 Cooked cold cuts — 4/10 Cooked dory fish fillet — 8.5/10 Cooked duck leg confit — 6/10 Cooked egg white spinach scramble — 9/10 Cooked ham — 4/10 Cooked lamb patty — 7/10 Cooked liver — 8/10 Cooked mackerel — 8.5/10 Cooked meat — 7/10 Cooked pork — 7.5/10 Cooked pork braised mushrooms — 7/10 Cooked pork confit — 3/10 Cooked squid — 8/10 Cooked turkey — 8/10 Cooked turkey breast with mushrooms and herbs — 9/10 Cooked turkey escalope — 8.5/10 Cooked turkey patty — 8/10 Cooked whelks — 8/10 Cooled roasted beef — 8/10 Coppa — 3/10 Corned Beef — 4/10 Corned Meat — 3/10 Corned Silverside — 4/10 Costeño cheese — 5/10 Cotija cheese — 5/10 Cow and goat milk queso fresco — 6/10 Cow cheese — 6/10 Cow liver — 8.5/10 Cow milk cheese — 5/10 Cow tongue — 6/10 Cow's milk primo sale cheese — 6/10 Crab — 9/10 Crab meat — 7/10 Crayfish — 9/10
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