Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Highest-Protein Portuguese Cheeses

Portuguese cheeses: typically 14.2 g of protein per 100 g (median of 90 products). The portuguese cheeses with the most protein per 100 g. Useful if you are trying to increase your protein intake. We checked 83 portuguese cheeses with complete data.

  1. 1 Queijo curado 7 meses

    Queijo curado 7 meses

    Queijo São Jorge DOP · 400 g
    d NOVA 3 417 kcal 0.1 g sugar 27.1 g protein 33.8 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  2. 2 Queijo curado 3 meses

    Queijo curado 3 meses

    Queijo São Jorge DOP · 300 g
    d NOVA 3 417 kcal 0.1 g sugar 27.1 g protein 33.8 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  3. 3 Queijo Curado 30 meses

    Queijo Curado 30 meses

    Queijo São Jorge DOP · 300 g
    d NOVA 3 420 kcal 0 g sugar 27 g protein 33 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  4. 4 São Miguel Queijo ilha Velho

    São Miguel Queijo ilha Velho

    Unileite · 300 g
    d NOVA 3 411 kcal 0.5 g sugar 26 g protein 34 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  5. 5 Queijo curado 4 meses

    Queijo curado 4 meses

    Queijo São Jorge DOP · 300 g
    d NOVA 3 401 kcal 0 g sugar 26 g protein 31 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  6. 6 Queijo Ilha Fatiado

    Queijo Ilha Fatiado

    Nova Açores · 150 g
    d NOVA 3 402 kcal 0.5 g sugar 26 g protein 33 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free

  7. 7 Queijo São Jorge DOP 7 Meses de Cura

    Queijo São Jorge DOP 7 Meses de Cura

    Continente · 400 g
    d NOVA 3 398 kcal 0.5 g sugar 26 g protein 31 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  8. 8 Queijo São Jorge DOP

    Queijo São Jorge DOP

    PorSi · 400 g
    d NOVA 3 400 kcal 0.5 g sugar 26 g protein 31 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  9. 9 Queijo São Jorge DOP 4 Meses de Cura

    Queijo São Jorge DOP 4 Meses de Cura

    Continente · 350 g
    d NOVA 3 401 kcal 0.5 g sugar 26 g protein 31 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  10. 10 Requeijão de Cabra

    Requeijão de Cabra

    Lactiser · ~250 g
    d 5 g sugar 25.1 g protein 28.3 g fat

    Also: No additives

How we built this list

We ranked all published portuguese 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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