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Most nutrient-dense (our calculation)
Per 100 g, from USDA FoodData Central.
Our own calculation: how much of the FDA Daily Value for eight nutrients a food delivers per 100 calories. Basic and whole foods only. How it works.
Food (per 100 g)CalProteinSugar
Beverages, Fruit punch drink, with added nutrients, canned470.0 g11.3 gBabyfood, dessert, peach melba, strained600.2 g—Emu, inside drums, cooked, broiled15632.4 g0.0 gCereals ready-to-eat, RALSTON CRISP RICE3836.7 g12.1 gVeal, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, raw9915.8 g—Babyfood, mixed fruit juice with low fat yogurt742.4 g10.8 gFish, pike, walleye, raw9319.1 g—Beef, New Zealand, imported, variety meats and by-products, tripe cooked, boiled10319.0 g0.0 gFish, sunfish, pumpkin seed, cooked, dry heat11424.9 g—Boysenberries, frozen, unsweetened501.1 g6.9 gFish, pike, walleye, cooked, dry heat11924.5 g—Cereals, MALT-O-MEAL, original, plain, prepared with water, without salt481.7 g0.1 gPersimmons, native, raw1270.8 g—Spices, ginger, ground3359.0 g3.4 gFish, pollock, Atlantic, cooked, dry heat11824.9 g—Formulated bar, ZONE PERFECT CLASSIC CRUNCH BAR, mixed flavors42630.0 g27.0 gEdamame, frozen, prepared12111.9 g2.2 gCereals, CREAM OF WHEAT, 1 minute cook time, cooked with water, stove-top, without salt561.6 g0.1 gBeans, kidney, california red, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt1249.1 g—Beans, kidney, california red, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt1249.1 g—Babyfood, fruit, apple and raspberry, junior580.2 g13.0 gCrustaceans, crab, blue, canned8317.9 g0.0 gCrustaceans, crab, blue, cooked, moist heat8317.9 g0.0 gSoy protein concentrate, produced by acid wash32863.6 g20.0 gCrustaceans, crab, dungeness, raw8617.4 g—Beverages, orange breakfast drink, ready-to-drink, with added nutrients530.0 g8.0 gBeverages, OCEAN SPRAY, White Cranberry Peach450.1 g11.3 gSnacks, CLIF BAR, mixed flavors34614.7 g31.6 gCowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, raw903.0 g3.0 gCereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, Toasted Multigrain Crisps37212.4 g16.3 gApplesauce, canned, unsweetened, with added ascorbic acid420.2 g9.4 gPork, cured, ham, steak, boneless, extra lean, unheated12219.6 g—Crustaceans, crab, blue, raw8718.1 g—Beans, yellow, mature seeds, raw34522.0 g—Cranberries, raw460.5 g4.3 gSquash, summer, zucchini, italian style, canned291.0 g—Seeds, sunflower seed flour, partially defatted32648.1 g—Babyfood, dinner, broccoli and chicken, junior623.6 g1.4 gFrog legs, raw7316.4 g0.0 gBroadbeans (fava beans), mature seeds, raw34126.1 g5.7 gSource: USDA FoodData Central. The density score blends eight nutrients against their Daily Values and is our own metric, not USDA's.