Food database · Meat & poultry
Protein content
A 3 oz cooked serving of roast turkey with skin contains 24.3 g of protein - a very good source of protein, about 49% of the 50 g Daily Value.
Share of this food's calories that come from protein - it is extremely protein-dense.
| Serving | 3 oz cooked (85 g) |
|---|---|
| Protein per serving | 24.3 g |
| Protein per 100 g | 28.6 g |
| Calories per serving | 161 kcal |
| Protein density | 61% of calories |
| Share of 50 g Daily Value | 49% |
| Protein quality | Complete protein |
| Category | Meat & poultry |
| Food type | Whole food |
| USDA record | FoodData Central #171479 |
A typical 3 oz cooked serving of roast turkey with skin contains 24.3 grams of protein (28.6 g per 100 g), which makes it a very good source of protein. That covers roughly 49% of the 50 g reference Daily Value, so it can anchor a high-protein meal for the day.
About 61% of the calories in roast turkey with skin come from protein, which makes it extremely protein-dense - close to the practical ceiling for a whole food. Foods in this band are the ones that let you raise your protein intake without raising your calorie intake much at all.
Among the 133 meats in the database, roast turkey with skin ranks 38th by protein per serving, and 57th out of all 796 foods on the site. Set against country-style pork ribs, another meat entry in the database, a serving carries about 0.5 g less protein (country-style pork ribs has 24.8 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 #171479 - "Turkey, whole, meat and skin, 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
Roast turkey with skin has 28.6 g of protein per 100 g. A typical 3 oz cooked serving (85 g) provides 24.3 g.
Yes. Roast turkey with skin 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 roast turkey with skin contains 24.3 g of protein, about 49% of the 50 g reference Daily Value.
Roast turkey with skin is a very good source of protein, and about 61% of its calories come from protein, which makes it extremely protein-dense. Set against country-style pork ribs, another meat entry in the database, a serving carries about 0.5 g less protein (country-style pork ribs has 24.8 g per 3 oz cooked).
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