Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Highest-Protein Herring

Herring: typically 10 g of protein per 100 g (median of 195 products). The herring with the most protein per 100 g. Useful if you are trying to increase your protein intake. We checked 184 herring with complete data.

1

Bückling

e NOVA 3 243 kcal 0.5 g sugar 22 g protein 17 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
2

Harengs Saurs doux

Pêcheurs d'Islande

e NOVA 1 230 kcal 0.1 g sugar 20.4 g protein 16.5 g fat

Also: No additives
3

Harengs saurs doux

e 230 kcal 0.1 g sugar 20.4 g protein 16.5 g fat
4

Hareng

b 132 kcal 0 g sugar 19.2 g protein 6.2 g fat
5

Carrefour Maatje Hareng

Carrefour

a NOVA 3 196 kcal 0 g sugar 19 g protein 13 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
6

Herings Filet

Nordholmer · 90g

d NOVA 3 213 kcal 13 g sugar 18 g protein 10 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
7

Hareng saurs

e 212 kcal 0 g sugar 18 g protein 16 g fat
8

Filetti di aringhe affumicato con legno di faggio

Corallo

e 190 kcal 0 g sugar 18 g protein 13 g fat
9

Hareng bouffis

saveur en or

e 175 kcal 0.2 g sugar 17.6 g protein 11.5 g fat

Also: No additives
10

Filets de kippers a la provencale bio

e 175 kcal 0.2 g sugar 17.6 g protein 11.5 g fat

How we built this list

We ranked all published herring 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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