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Highest Protein Granola (2026)

Granola is not a high-protein food, and the ranking below makes that unusually clear: **not one product on this page reaches Gold tier.** The best of them tops out around 20% of calories from protein, which is Silver — and the bottom of the list is under 11%. That is a property of the food, not of the brands. Granola is rolled oats bound with oil and a sweetener, then baked; the oil and sugar carry most of the calories no matter whose name is on the bag, and adding a scoop of protein to the recipe moves the number less than the marketing implies. So read this list as least-bad rather than good. If granola is what you want on your yogurt, the products at the top genuinely deliver two to three times the protein per calorie of the ones at the bottom, and that gap is worth choosing on. But if you are trying to hit a protein target, a Platinum-tier yogurt or a scoop of powder will do more for you than any granola here — and the honest move is to treat granola as a topping, not the protein in the meal.

10 products tracked · sorted by Protein Density (% of calories from protein)

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QualityServing
Protein Granola
Magic Spoon
20%13g2605g1.01gComplete (mod.)60g
Original Salty-Sweet Granola
Purely Elizabeth
20%5g1005g0.39gComplete (mod.)26g
Protein Granola
Quaker
19.2%12g2504.8g0.94gComplete (mod.)60g
Granola Protein Oats & Honey
Nature Valley
18.6%13g2804.6g1.01gComplete (mod.)65g
Apple Cinnamon Nut Granola
Kind
15.4%5g1303.8g0.39gComplete (mod.)30g
healthy grains granola Peanut Butter
KIND
15.4%10g2603.8g0.78gComplete (mod.)65g
Peanut Butter Granola
KIND
14.8%11.4g3093.7g0.89gComplete (mod.)65g
Cinnamon Peanut Butter Nut Granola
purely elizabeth.
14.1%6g1703.5g0.47gComplete (mod.)30g
Vanilla Almond Butter Nut Granola
purely elizabeth.
14.1%6g1703.5g0.47gComplete (mod.)30g
Maple Pecan grain free granola
Three Wishes
10.9%6g2202.7g0.47gComplete (mod.)40g

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Highest protein granola

Top 10 by protein / 100 cal.

1. Magic Spoon Protein Granola52. Purely Elizabeth Original S53. Quaker Protein Granola4.84. Nature Valley Granola Prote4.65. Kind Apple Cinnamon Nut Gra3.86. KIND healthy grains granola3.87. KIND Peanut Butter Granola3.78. purely elizabeth. Cinnamon 3.59. purely elizabeth. Vanilla A3.510. Three Wishes Maple Pecan g2.7

Bars colored by Protein Density tier. Values in g/100cal.

  1. Magic Spoon Protein Granola: 5 g/100cal (silver tier)
  2. Purely Elizabeth Original Salty-Sweet Granola: 5 g/100cal (silver tier)
  3. Quaker Protein Granola: 4.8 g/100cal (silver tier)
  4. Nature Valley Granola Protein Oats & Honey: 4.6 g/100cal (silver tier)
  5. Kind Apple Cinnamon Nut Granola: 3.8 g/100cal (silver tier)
  6. KIND healthy grains granola Peanut Butter: 3.8 g/100cal (silver tier)
  7. KIND Peanut Butter Granola: 3.7 g/100cal (avoid tier)
  8. purely elizabeth. Cinnamon Peanut Butter Nut Granola: 3.5 g/100cal (avoid tier)
  9. purely elizabeth. Vanilla Almond Butter Nut Granola: 3.5 g/100cal (avoid tier)
  10. Three Wishes Maple Pecan grain free granola: 2.7 g/100cal (avoid tier)
Highest protein granola

Calories per serving vs. protein per 100 cal. Up-and-left is more efficient. Tap or focus a dot for details.

PlatinumGoldSilverAvoid0125250375500Calories per serving3.756.2510Protein g per 100 cal
Highest protein granola: calories per serving and protein per 100 calories
FoodCaloriesProtein g per 100 calTier
Magic Spoon Protein Granola2605silver
Purely Elizabeth Original Salty-Sweet Granola1005silver
Quaker Protein Granola2504.8silver
Nature Valley Granola Protein Oats & Honey2804.6silver
Kind Apple Cinnamon Nut Granola1303.8silver
KIND healthy grains granola Peanut Butter2603.8silver
KIND Peanut Butter Granola3093.7avoid
purely elizabeth. Cinnamon Peanut Butter Nut Granola1703.5avoid
purely elizabeth. Vanilla Almond Butter Nut Granola1703.5avoid
Three Wishes Maple Pecan grain free granola2202.7avoid

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Nutrition data sourced from USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts. Tier rankings calculated by Protein Density (% of calories from protein). See methodology for the math.
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