Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Highest-Protein Chicken Nuggets

Chicken nuggets: typically 13.9 g of protein per 100 g (median of 1,168 products). The chicken nuggets with the most protein per 100 g. Useful if you are trying to increase your protein intake. We checked 1046 chicken nuggets with complete data.

  1. 1 Chicken Nuggets

    Chicken Nuggets

    Perdue Harvestland
    d NOVA 4 327 kcal 1.9 g sugar 38.5 g protein 11.5 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  2. 2 Spicy’s battered chicken nuggets

    Spicy’s battered chicken nuggets

    c 259 kcal 1.1 g sugar 30 g protein 16.5 g fat
  3. 3 Flash Fries

    Flash Fries

    Tasty Chicken
    a 127 kcal 0.1 g sugar 23 g protein 3 g fat
  4. 4 Nuggets Con Queso

    Nuggets Con Queso

    Bonarea
    a 160 kcal 0 g sugar 23 g protein 6 g fat
  5. 5 Nuggets con queso

    Nuggets con queso

    d 160 kcal 0 g sugar 23 g protein 6 g fat
  6. 6 Nuggets Bonpreu

    Nuggets Bonpreu

    Bonarea
    d 160 kcal 0 g sugar 23 g protein 6 g fat
  7. 7 Nuggets con queso/amb formatge

    Nuggets con queso/amb formatge

    d 160 kcal 0 g sugar 23 g protein 6 g fat
  8. 8 Nuggets

    Nuggets

    Bonarea
    d 160 kcal 0 g sugar 23 g protein 6 g fat
  9. 9 Nuggets con queso de pollo

    Nuggets con queso de pollo

    Bonarea
    d 160 kcal 0 g sugar 23 g protein 6 g fat
  10. 10 Nuggets de pollo con queso

    Nuggets de pollo con queso

    Bonarea
    d 160 kcal 0 g sugar 23 g protein 6 g fat

How we built this list

We ranked all published chicken nuggets 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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