Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Highest-Protein Chestnuts

Chestnuts: typically 2.9 g of protein per 100 g (median of 223 products). The chestnuts with the most protein per 100 g. Useful if you are trying to increase your protein intake. We checked 215 chestnuts with complete data.

1

Castañas

Agrupación de Cooperativas Valle del Jerte

a 612 kcal 0 g sugar 19.8 g protein 49.8 g fat
2

Terrine Aux Châtaignes

AJM · 180 gr

e NOVA 3 395 kcal 0.4 g sugar 15.3 g protein 36.8 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
3

Castagne bianche

Perrotta

a 308 kcal 16 g sugar 13 g protein 3.4 g fat

Also: No additives
4

Maronen, gekocht

Ponthier · 200g

a 178 kcal 7.1 g sugar 6.5 g protein 1 g fat
5

Castañas en almibar

moncloa de san lazaro

c 245 kcal 20 g sugar 6 g protein 0.5 g fat
6

Brise de Châtaignes variété Pourette

Domaine de la balan · 500 g

d 370 kcal 26.9 g sugar 5.8 g protein 3.5 g fat

Also: No additives
7

Organic chestnuts

a 200 kcal 8.6 g sugar 5.7 g protein 1.4 g fat
8

Castagne secche

Life · 250 g

c NOVA 1 348 kcal 24 g sugar 5.5 g protein 4.2 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
9

Castañas pilongas

El Corte Inglés

c 296 kcal 11 g sugar 5.5 g protein 6 g fat
10

Valli

· 100 g

a 172 kcal 11 g sugar 5.2 g protein 1 g fat

How we built this list

We ranked all published chestnuts 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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