Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Highest-Protein Microwave Rice

Microwave rice: typically 3.4 g of protein per 100 g (median of 14 products). The microwave rice with the most protein per 100 g. Useful if you are trying to increase your protein intake. We checked 12 microwave rice with complete data.

  1. 1 Sticky Coconut Rice

    Sticky Coconut Rice

    Sainsbury's · 250 g
    a NOVA 3 329 kcal 0.5 g sugar 34 g protein 5.1 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  2. 2 Wholegrain spicy mexican style rice

    Wholegrain spicy mexican style rice

    Aldi · 250g
    b NOVA 4 162 kcal 2 g sugar 4.2 g protein 2.8 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  3. 3 Long Grain

    Long Grain

    Ben's Original
    b 162 kcal 0.5 g sugar 4 g protein 0.5 g fat
  4. 4 Special Lime & Coriander Rice

    Special Lime & Coriander Rice

    WORLDWIDE FOODS · 250g
    b NOVA 4 154 kcal 0.7 g sugar 3.8 g protein 2.6 g fat

    Also: Vegan · Vegetarian · No additives

  5. 5 Lime & coriander microwave rice

    Lime & coriander microwave rice

    Taste Of · 250g
    c NOVA 4 153 kcal 0.6 g sugar 3.5 g protein 2.4 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  6. 6 Golden Vegetable Rice

    Golden Vegetable Rice

    Marks & Spencers · 250 g
    b NOVA 4 145 kcal 0.9 g sugar 3.4 g protein 2.3 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  7. 7 Microwave Coconut Rice

    Microwave Coconut Rice

    Tesco
    c NOVA 3 173 kcal 0.2 g sugar 3.4 g protein 3.8 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  8. 8 Vegetable Pilau

    Vegetable Pilau

    Uncle Ben’d
    NOVA 3 167 kcal 0.9 g sugar 3.3 g protein 3.4 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  9. 9 Jamaican rice & peas

    Jamaican rice & peas

    Ainsley Caribbean Creations · 250g
    c NOVA 4 165 kcal 0.9 g sugar 3.1 g protein 3 g fat

    Also: Vegan · Vegetarian

  10. 10 Pure basmati rice

    Pure basmati rice

    Tilda · 250g
    a 143 kcal 0.1 g sugar 2.9 g protein 1.9 g fat

    Also: No additives

How we built this list

We ranked all published microwave rice 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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