Average protein content in g/100 g and % of food energy from protein in animal-derived raw foods

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Animal-derived foods	Protein content (g/100 g)	% energy from protein
Beef (average)	16.9	48
Chicken	20.2	44
Fish (weighted average)^a	18.9	53
Eggs (without shell)	12.6	38
Cheese (average)	23.4	34
Pork (average)	18.9	39
Milk (3.5% fat, boiled)	3.1	19
Yogurt (plain, 2.5% fat)	3.0	22

^aPike, perch, vendace (lake), baltic herring, salmon fillet, tuna, rainbow trout fillet, saithe, powan (frozen), whitefish, pollan, lavaret, zander, pike-perch

Originally published	22 Jan 2021
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