How much protein is in vanilla Greek yogurt?

One cup of vanilla Greek yogurt (227 g) has 20 g of protein (177 kcal); 100 g has 8.6 g.

Feast Factsper 100 g

PER 100 GProtein

8.6g

Calories78

Carbohydrate10.4g

Fiber0.5g

Sugars9.5g

Fat0.2g

Saturated0.1g

Sodium34 mg

11.0 g protein per 100 kcal · USDA FoodData Central

Protein verdictLean protein source

11.0 g of protein per 100 kcal (44% of its calories): 10 g or more is lean on our scale.

25 g of protein from vanilla Greek yogurt alone takes 291 g (about 1¼ cups) and 227 kcal.

#26 of 37 in Dairy & cheese for protein per 100 g, #8 for protein per calorie.

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Protein per portion

Protein, calories, carbs and fat in vanilla Greek yogurt per portion
Portion	Protein	kcal	Carbs	Fat
100 g	8.6 g	78	10.4 g	0.2 g
1 oz (28 g)	2.4 g	22	2.9 g	0.1 g
1 cup (227 g)	20 g	177	24 g	0.5 g
1 tbsp (14 g)	1.2 g	11	1.5 g	0 g

One cup of vanilla Greek yogurt (227 g) is 16% 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 53%.

One cup of vanilla Greek yogurt (227 g) also has 22 g of sugars.

How it compares

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

vanilla Greek yogurt compared with similar foods, per 100 g
Food	Protein	kcal	Protein per 100 kcal
Cottage cheese (1%)	12.4 g	72	17.2 g
2% Greek yogurt	9.9 g	73	13.6 g
Cottage cheese (2%)	10.4 g	81	12.8 g
Cottage cheese (4%)	11.1 g	98	11.3 g
Vanilla Greek yogurt	8.6 g	78	11.0 g

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Recipes with vanilla Greek yogurt

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Questions

How much protein is in a cup of vanilla Greek yogurt?

One cup of vanilla Greek yogurt (227 g) has 20 g of protein and 177 kcal, with 24 g of carbohydrate and 0.5 g of fat.

How much protein is in 100 g of vanilla Greek yogurt?

100 g of vanilla Greek yogurt has 8.6 g of protein, 78 kcal, 10.4 g of carbohydrate and 0.2 g of fat (USDA FoodData Central 170902).

Is vanilla Greek yogurt a good source of protein?

Lean protein source: 11.0 g of protein per 100 kcal (44% of its calories): 10 g or more is lean on our scale. Getting 25 g of protein from vanilla Greek yogurt alone takes 291 g (about 1¼ cups) and 227 kcal.

Which has more protein, vanilla Greek yogurt or cottage cheese (2%)?

Cottage cheese (2%), with 10.4 g of protein per 100 g against 8.6 g for vanilla Greek yogurt. Per 100 kcal: vanilla Greek yogurt 11.0 g, cottage cheese (2%) 12.8 g.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 170902: “Yogurt, Greek, vanilla, nonfat”, 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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