Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Highest-Protein Canned Foods

Canned foods: typically 13 g of protein per 100 g (median of 1,531 products). The canned foods with the most protein per 100 g. Useful if you are trying to increase your protein intake. We checked 746 canned foods with complete data.

1

Silvia passata di pomodoro

Silvia

d 318 kcal 6 g sugar 60 g protein 6 g fat
2

Claw crab meat

a NOVA 4 235 kcal 0 g sugar 56.5 g protein 0.6 g fat
3

Ceci

Anna

a 218 kcal 0 g sugar 43 g protein 1.3 g fat
4

Sardines In Soybean Oil

Kroger · 56 g

b NOVA 3 367 kcal 0 g sugar 41.4 g protein 22.3 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
5

Smoked Mussels

Roland · 47 g

NOVA 3 421 kcal 40.7 g protein 22.6 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
6

Sardinas

Roland · 55 g

a NOVA 1 233 kcal 0 g sugar 39.7 g protein 8.3 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
7

Artichauts « à l’italienne »

Le délice · 90 g

d NOVA 4 283 kcal 1.1 g sugar 38.1 g protein 12.3 g fat

Also: Palm oil free
8

Sardines

El Mexicano · 56 g

a NOVA 3 220 kcal 9.5 g sugar 31.5 g protein 6.3 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
9

Whole Baby Clams

Chicken Of The Sea · 55 g

a NOVA 3 175 kcal 0 g sugar 29.7 g protein 3.3 g fat
10

Piripiri sauce

Cole's Sardines

d NOVA 3 288 kcal 0 g sugar 29.4 g protein 22.5 g fat

Also: No additives

How we built this list

We ranked all published canned foods on Foodmetria that have a photo and the required nutrition data, using values per 100 g from the product label. Ties are broken by Nutri-Score and by how often shoppers scan the product. Rankings update automatically as label data changes. Read our methodology.

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