How much protein is in sourdough bread?

One slice of sourdough bread (56 g) has 6 g of protein (152 kcal); 100 g has 10.8 g.

Feast Factsper 100 g

PER 100 GProtein

10.8g

Calories272

Carbohydrate51.9g

Fiber2.2g

Sugars4.6g

Fat2.4g

Saturated0.5g

Sodium602 mg

4.0 g protein per 100 kcal · USDA FoodData Central

Protein verdictModerate protein

4.0 g of protein per 100 kcal (16% of its calories): 2.5–5 g is moderate on our scale.

25 g of protein from sourdough bread alone takes 231 g (about 4⅛ slices of sourdough bread) and 630 kcal.

#5 of 18 in Bread & bakery for protein per 100 g, #4 for protein per calorie.

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Protein per portion

Protein, calories, carbs and fat in sourdough bread per portion
Portion	Protein	kcal	Carbs	Fat
100 g	10.8 g	272	51.9 g	2.4 g
1 oz (28 g)	3.1 g	77	15 g	0.7 g
1 slice (56 g)	6 g	152	29 g	1.3 g

One slice of sourdough bread (56 g) is 5% of a 120 g daily target, what our protein calculator gives a 165 lb person building muscle.

Most of its calories come from carbohydrate: about 76%.

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 hamburger buns, pita bread and white bread and less than whole-wheat buns.

sourdough bread compared with similar foods, per 100 g
Food	Protein	kcal	Protein per 100 kcal
Whole-wheat buns	12.4 g	269	4.6 g
Sourdough bread	10.8 g	272	4.0 g
Hamburger buns	9.8 g	279	3.5 g
Pita bread	9.1 g	275	3.3 g
White bread	8.8 g	266	3.3 g

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Recipes with sourdough bread

5 recipes in the Feast Mode library use sourdough bread, macros computed the same way.

Across the 5 library recipes that use it, a serving has 84 g of sourdough bread on average, which brings 9.1 g of protein: 21% of the dish’s protein. It carries the most in Greek Yogurt Tuna Melt, at 24% of the protein.

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Chicken Pesto Panini

40 min · 651 kcal

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Greek Yogurt Tuna Melt

22 min · 623 kcal

42G
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Protein French Toast

22 min · 528 kcal

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Smoked Salmon Scrambled Eggs on Toast

15 min · 461 kcal

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Avocado Toast with Jammy Eggs and Cottage Cheese

20 min · 472 kcal

Questions

How much protein is in one slice of sourdough bread?

One slice of sourdough bread (56 g) has 6 g of protein and 152 kcal, with 29 g of carbohydrate and 1.3 g of fat.

How much protein is in 100 g of sourdough bread?

100 g of sourdough bread has 10.8 g of protein, 272 kcal, 51.9 g of carbohydrate and 2.4 g of fat (USDA FoodData Central 172675).

Is sourdough bread a good source of protein?

Moderate protein: 4.0 g of protein per 100 kcal (16% of its calories): 2.5–5 g is moderate on our scale. Getting 25 g of protein from sourdough bread alone takes 231 g (about 4⅛ slices of sourdough bread) and 630 kcal.

Which has more protein, sourdough bread or pita bread?

Sourdough bread, with 10.8 g of protein per 100 g against 9.1 g for pita bread. Per 100 kcal: sourdough bread 4.0 g, pita bread 3.3 g.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 172675: “Bread, french or vienna (includes sourdough)”, 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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