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Food Group Type Of Food Protein In Grams
Dairy Products 4 oz nonfat Light n’ Lively or Richfood cottage cheese
13

1 cup cultured non-fat buttermilk

9

1 cup skim or 1% milk

8

1 cup soy (Silk) or rice milk

8

1 cup Lactaid milk or Dairy Ease milk

8

8 oz Columbo Slender Spoonfuls yogurt (with Nutrasweet)

6

4.4 oz Dannon Light yogurt (with Nutrasweet)
6 oz Yoplait fat-free yogurt (with Nutrasweet)

5
5

4 oz Richfood low-fat Ricotta Cheese

8

1 oz hard cheese

7

1 slice weight watchers Light sharp cheese

5

1 slice Bordon fat-free sharp cheese

5

1 slice Kraft Free Singles

5

1 slice Bordon Lite slice cheese

4
1 slice Veggi cheese (made from soy protein) 4
   
Dairy Based Beverage Powders 1 envelope sugar-free Carnation instant breakfast with 8 oz skim milk 12
1 envelope Weight watchers hot cocoa mix with 8 oz skim milk 12
1 envelope carnation sugar-free hot cocoa mix with 8 oz skim milk 12
1 scoop Designer Protein By Next Nutrition, Inc. with 8 oz skim milk     26
     
Vegetarian Based Proteins       4 oz re-fried beans Taco Bell pinto’s and cheese (1 serving) 7-10
1 patty frozen vegetarian burger (Boca Burger, Amy’s, Harvest Burgers, Green Giant) NOTE: protein content varies
7-19    
4 oz cooked black beans 11
4 oz cooked soy beans 10
4 oz cooked garbanzo beans or chick peas 10
4 oz butter beans or lima beans 9
4 oz cooked lentils 8
4 oz tofu (soybean curd) 8
4 oz kidney beans, black-eyed peas, or pinto beans 7
1 tablespoon peanut butter (limit 2 tbsp per day) 4
1 slice veggie cheese (soy based) 4
   
Poultry 5 oz package Shady Brook Farms zesty Italian style turkey breast cutlets 28
5 oz package Shady Brook Farms Country mustard dill fresh turkey breast cutlets 28  
3 oz can Swanson White chicken in water 20
7.5 oz Luck’s chicken with dumplings 17
7.5 Luck’s Brunswick stew with chicken 10
1 oz cooked chicken or turkey (without skin) 7
     
Seafood
(note: 2 oz = 1/3 of a 6 oz can)
2 oz solid white shredded tuna in water 14
2 oz chunk light tuna in spring water 12
1 oz of ¼ cup fresh, frozen, and canned fish 7
1 oz fresh or canned shrimp, clams, crab 7
     
Other Meats 1 oz lean beef, (round sirloin, flank steak, tenderloin) 7
1 oz lean pork, (fresh ham, boiled ham, tenderloin) 7
1 oz lean veal, i.e., chops, roasts 7
1 oz venison or wild game 7
   
Eggs/Egg Substitutes 1 large egg (limit 4 per week) 7
¼ cup Fleischman’s Egg Beater’s with cheese 7
¼ cup Second Nature Real egg product 6
¼ cup Fleischman’s Egg Beater’s 6
     
Processed Meats/Cold Cuts 1 Healthy Choice Jumbo Frank, 97% fat-free 8
1 Hormel Light & Lean 97% fat-free Frank 5
1 slice Healthy Choice 97% fat-free baked ham 4  
1 slice deli-thin cold cut, 97% fat-free any brand 2
     
Soups/Stews 8 oz Weight Watchers Beef Stew 14
½ cup Cambell’s Healthy Request split pea with ham soup 11
7.5 oz Weight Watchers Vegetable Beef soup 9
7.5 oz Weight Watchers chicken noodle soup 8
½ can Cambell’s chicken noodle soup 7
½ oz Old El Paso fat-free refried beans 6
½ cup Progresso green split pea soup 5

REMEMBER:
Look at all food labels for sugar to be the 5th or greater ingredient and look for high protein content brands that require smaller serving sizes. Remember that you won’t be able to eat the full serving amounts and will be consuming less protein than the full serving size. Be sure to save what you can’t eat and eat at the next meal to get the full protein in. Also pay attention to the protein supplement recommendations page in your packet to increase protein without having to consume more volumes of food.  

If at any time you have questions or concerns please contact the office, and I will get back with you within 24 hours.
(410-601-8604)
nlum@lifebridgehealth.org

Your Dietitian,
Nancy Lum RD. LD.

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