Food database · Meat & poultry
Protein content
A 3 oz cooked serving of baby back ribs contains 19.6 g of protein - a very good source of protein, about 39% of the 50 g Daily Value.
Share of this food's calories that come from protein - it is moderately protein-dense.
| Serving | 3 oz cooked (85 g) |
|---|---|
| Protein per serving | 19.6 g |
| Protein per 100 g | 23 g |
| Calories per serving | 248 kcal |
| Protein density | 32% of calories |
| Share of 50 g Daily Value | 39% |
| Protein quality | Complete protein |
| Category | Meat & poultry |
| Food type | Whole food |
| USDA record | FoodData Central #168300 |
A typical 3 oz cooked serving of baby back ribs contains 19.6 grams of protein (23 g per 100 g), which makes it a very good source of protein. That covers roughly 39% of the 50 g reference Daily Value, so it can anchor a high-protein meal for the day.
Protein accounts for roughly 32% of the calories in baby back ribs, making it moderately protein-dense. The rest comes from fat and carbohydrate, so it adds a solid amount of protein while still carrying real energy - useful when you are eating to a calorie target rather than under one.
Among the 133 meats in the database, baby back ribs ranks 94th by protein per serving, and 170th out of all 796 foods on the site. Set against beef ribeye steak, another meat entry in the database, a serving carries about 0.5 g less protein (beef ribeye steak has 20.1 g per 3 oz cooked).
It is a complete protein - it supplies all nine essential amino acids in adequate amounts, so it can carry a meal's protein on its own. The serving above is measured by weight at 85 g. The per-100 g figure lets you compare it directly against any other food here, whatever its serving.
Source: USDA FoodData Central #168300 - "Pork, fresh, backribs, separable lean and fat, cooked, roasted" (SR Legacy, published 4/1/2019). Values are the published reference figures for that record, not lab measurements for a specific brand or batch.
Quick answers
Baby back ribs has 23 g of protein per 100 g. A typical 3 oz cooked serving (85 g) provides 19.6 g.
Yes. Baby back ribs is a complete protein - it supplies all nine essential amino acids in adequate amounts, so it can carry a meal's protein on its own.
A 3 oz cooked serving of baby back ribs contains 19.6 g of protein, about 39% of the 50 g reference Daily Value.
Baby back ribs is a very good source of protein, and about 32% of its calories come from protein, which makes it moderately protein-dense. Set against beef ribeye steak, another meat entry in the database, a serving carries about 0.5 g less protein (beef ribeye steak has 20.1 g per 3 oz cooked).
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