Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Highest-Protein French Cheeses

French cheeses: typically 20 g of protein per 100 g (median of 416 products). The french cheeses with the most protein per 100 g. Useful if you are trying to increase your protein intake. We checked 401 french cheeses with complete data.

1

Camembert

d NOVA 3 258 kcal 1.4 g sugar 30 g protein 14 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
2

Emmental Bio

Lis D’or

c NOVA 3 391 kcal 0.5 g sugar 29 g protein 30 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegetarian · No additives
3

Queso Emmental

Valblanc · 400 g

c 369 kcal 0 g sugar 28 g protein 29 g fat

Also: No additives
4

Cœur de meule Emmental grand affiné

President

c 364 kcal 0 g sugar 28 g protein 28 g fat
5

Emmentaler mild

Migros

c 413 kcal 0 g sugar 28 g protein 33 g fat
6

Emmental Portion

Pâturages · 250 g

c NOVA 3 389 kcal 0.5 g sugar 27.5 g protein 31 g fat

Also: No additives
7

Emmental français au lait cru

Franprix · 250 g

c NOVA 3 396 kcal 0 g sugar 27 g protein 32 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
8

Gruyere

FLC

c 380 kcal 0.5 g sugar 27 g protein 30 g fat

Also: No additives
9

Emmental grand Label Rouge

c 396 kcal 0 g sugar 27 g protein 32 g fat
10

Emmental

Hacendado · 350 g

d NOVA 3 370 kcal 0.5 g sugar 27 g protein 29 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives

How we built this list

We ranked all published french cheeses 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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