Canned chicken: most protein
299 products ranked
Of the 301 products in the canned chicken aisle of USDA's branded food database, Pacific, Organic Chicken Breast in Stock by Pacific has the most protein: 28.6 g per 100 g (16.0 g per 56 g serving); the aisle's median is 16.1 g. 53% of those with a declared serving (159) declare 10 g or more per labeled serving, FDA's "high in protein" line before its protein-quality correction (21 CFR 101.54(b), 101.9(c)(7)).
Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; values per 100 g as submitted by manufacturers; one product per UPC.
Updated · By GetFoodFacts · data: USDA FoodData Central, April 30, 2026 release · how the figures are checked
Which canned chicken has the most protein per 100 g?
- 1Pacific · 56 g serving28.6gper 100 g · 16.0 g per serving
- 2Grabill Country Meats · 56 g serving26.8gper 100 g · 15.0 g per serving
- 3H-e-b · 56 g serving25.0gper 100 g · 14.0 g per serving
- 4Wellsley Farms · 56 g serving25.0gper 100 g · 14.0 g per serving
- 5Wellsley Farms · 56 g serving25.0gper 100 g · 14.0 g per serving
- 6Pacific · 56 g serving25.0gper 100 g · 14.0 g per serving
- 7Harris Teeter · 76 g serving23.7gper 100 g · 18.0 g per serving
- 8Sweet Sue · 85 g serving23.5gper 100 g · 20.0 g per serving
- 9Meijer · 85 g serving23.5gper 100 g · 20.0 g per serving
- 10Harvest Creek · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 11Shoprite · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 12Super 1 Foods · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 13Hargis House · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 14Harris Teeter · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 15Shelton's · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 16Butterfield Farms · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 17Brookshire's · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 18Kirkland Signature · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 19Hargis House · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 20Weis · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 21Clover Valley · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 22Weis Quality · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 23Kosher Club · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 24Crider · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 25Harvest Creek · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 26Harris Teeter · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 27Shoprite · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 28Shoprite · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 29Wegmans · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 30Wegmans · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 31Lowes Foods · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 32Bumble Bee · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 33Harvest Creek · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 34Harvest Creek · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 35Bumble Bee · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 36Bumble Bee · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 37Harvest Creek · 56 g serving23.2gper 100 g · 13.0 g per serving
- 38Member's Mark · 53 g serving22.6gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 39Member's Mark · 53 g serving22.6gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 40Tyson · 106 g serving22.6gper 100 g · 24.0 g per serving
- 41Tyson · 84 g serving22.6gper 100 g · 19.0 g per serving
- 42Tyson · 84 g serving22.6gper 100 g · 19.0 g per serving
- 43Lidl · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 44Shurfine · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 45Food Club · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 46Roundy's · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 47Roundy's · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 48Great Value · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 49Roundy's · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 50Schnucks · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 51Kroger · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 52Wild Planet · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 53Keystone · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 54Best Yet · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 55Butterfield Farms · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 56Butterfield Farms · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 57Wild Planet · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 58Clover Valley · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 59Full Circle Market · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 60Clover Valley · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 61Our Family · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 62Our Family · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 63Fareway · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 64Se Grocers · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 65Giant Eagle · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 66Giant Eagle · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 67Schnucks · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 68Schnucks · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 69Schnucks · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 70Wellsley Farms · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 71Keystone · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 72Essenhaus · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 73Kingston Marketing Co · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 74Clover Valley · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 75Exceptional Value · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 76Price Rite · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 77Southeastern Grocers · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 78Clover Valley · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 79Kroger · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 80Chata · 56 g serving21.4gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 81Ma Collis · 85 g serving21.2gper 100 g · 18.0 g per serving
- 82Great Value · 85 g serving21.2gper 100 g · 18.0 g per serving
- 83Meijer · 85 g serving21.2gper 100 g · 18.0 g per serving
- 84Starkist · 74 g serving20.3gper 100 g · 15.0 g per serving
- 85Trader Joe's · 61 g serving19.7gper 100 g · 12.0 g per serving
- 86Sweet Sue · 56 g serving19.6gper 100 g · 11.0 g per serving
- 87Brookdale · 56 g serving19.6gper 100 g · 11.0 g per serving
- 88Sweet Sue · 56 g serving19.6gper 100 g · 11.0 g per serving
- 89Snow's · 56 g serving19.6gper 100 g · 11.0 g per serving
- 90Snow's · 56 g serving19.6gper 100 g · 11.0 g per serving
- 91Chestnut Hill · 56 g serving19.6gper 100 g · 11.0 g per serving
- 92Penny Smart · 56 g serving19.6gper 100 g · 11.0 g per serving
- 93Sweet Sue · 56 g serving19.6gper 100 g · 11.0 g per serving
- 94Kroger · 56 g serving17.9gper 100 g · 10.0 g per serving
- 95Lidl · 56 g serving17.9gper 100 g · 10.0 g per serving
- 96Canario · 56 g serving17.9gper 100 g · 10.0 g per serving
- 97Member's Mark · 56 g serving17.9gper 100 g · 10.0 g per serving
- 98Kikiri Quirch · 56 g serving17.9gper 100 g · 10.0 g per serving
- 99Tyson · 84 g serving17.9gper 100 g · 15.0 g per serving
- 100Butterfield Farms · 56 g serving17.9gper 100 g · 10.0 g per serving
How this ranking is made
301 products in the aisle declare protein; 299 are ranked, leaving out 1 placeholders with near-zero energy; 1 mixes, powders or concentrates (each rule). Values are per 100 g as each manufacturer submitted them to USDA, one product per UPC (its newest submission that meets the data contract), and one per product sold under several UPCs with the same label. The top 100 are shown; each was read again from USDA's live record at this release, and USDA's corrections are applied.
Download: the top 250 as CSV (CC BY 4.0).
What this ranking does not measure
Taste, price, where it is sold and whether the recipe changed since the manufacturer's last submission. Each product page shows the date of its record.
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Sources for this page
- USDA FoodData Central
- the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- FoodData Central documentation
- what each data type is and how branded records are submitted. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- 21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
- the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
- 21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
- the thresholds for "low sodium", "sugar free", "high in". ecfr.gov
- FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
- the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov