How much protein is in cooked lentils?

One cup of cooked lentils (198 g) has 18 g of protein (226 kcal); 100 g has 9 g.

Feast Factsper 100 g

PER 100 GProtein

Calories114

Carbohydrate19.5g

Fiber7.9g

Sugars1.8g

Fat0.4g

Saturated0.1g

Sodium238 mg

7.9 g protein per 100 kcal · USDA FoodData Central

Protein verdictGood protein source

7.9 g of protein per 100 kcal (32% of its calories): 5–10 g is good on our scale.

25 g of protein from cooked lentils alone takes 278 g (about 1.4 cups) and 317 kcal.

#2 of 17 in Beans & canned for protein per 100 g, #4 for protein per calorie.

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Protein per portion

Protein, calories, carbs and fat in cooked lentils per portion
Portion	Protein	kcal	Carbs	Fat
100 g	9 g	114	19.5 g	0.4 g
1 oz (28 g)	2.6 g	32	5.5 g	0.1 g
1 cup (198 g)	18 g	226	39 g	0.8 g
1 tbsp (12 g)	1.1 g	14	2.4 g	0 g
1 can (255 g)	23 g	291	50 g	1 g

One cup of cooked lentils (198 g) is 15% of a 120 g daily target, what our protein calculator gives a 165 lb person building muscle.

Dry: dry lentils has 24.6 g of protein per 100 g, so 100 g cooked starts as about 37 g dry (an estimate that assumes cooking keeps all the protein).

Most of its calories come from carbohydrate: about 68%.

One cup of cooked lentils (198 g) also has 16 g of fiber and 471 mg of sodium (20% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value).

How it compares

The 4 foods in the same aisle closest in calories per 100 g, ranked by protein per calorie. Per calorie, it has more protein than all 4.

cooked lentils compared with similar foods, per 100 g
Food	Protein	kcal	Protein per 100 kcal
Cooked lentils	9 g	114	7.9 g
Kidney beans	8.1 g	121	6.7 g
Great northern beans	7.4 g	114	6.5 g
Cannellini beans	7.3 g	114	6.4 g
Pinto beans	7 g	117	6.0 g

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Recipes with cooked lentils

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Questions

How much protein is in a cup of cooked lentils?

One cup of cooked lentils (198 g) has 18 g of protein and 226 kcal, with 39 g of carbohydrate and 0.8 g of fat.

How much protein is in 100 g of cooked lentils?

100 g of cooked lentils has 9 g of protein, 114 kcal, 19.5 g of carbohydrate and 0.4 g of fat (USDA FoodData Central 175254).

Are cooked lentils a good source of protein?

Good protein source: 7.9 g of protein per 100 kcal (32% of its calories): 5–10 g is good on our scale. Getting 25 g of protein from cooked lentils alone takes 278 g (about 1.4 cups) and 317 kcal.

Which has more protein, cooked lentils or dry lentils?

Dry lentils, with 24.6 g of protein per 100 g against 9 g for cooked lentils. Per 100 kcal: cooked lentils 7.9 g, dry lentils 7.0 g. One is weighed dry and the other cooked, which changes the protein per 100 g, not the protein in a portion.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 175254: “Lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt”, per 100 g. Portion numbers multiply those values by the portion weight. Estimates for information, not medical advice. How we calculate

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