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)
Ranked by Protein Density
Percent of calories from protein. Secondary column is grams of protein per serving.
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Tiers are set by % of calories from protein
| Quality | Serving | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protein Granola Magic Spoon | 20% | 13g | 260 | 5g | 1.01g | Complete (mod.) | 60g |
| Original Salty-Sweet Granola Purely Elizabeth | 20% | 5g | 100 | 5g | 0.39g | Complete (mod.) | 26g |
| Protein Granola Quaker | 19.2% | 12g | 250 | 4.8g | 0.94g | Complete (mod.) | 60g |
| Granola Protein Oats & Honey Nature Valley | 18.6% | 13g | 280 | 4.6g | 1.01g | Complete (mod.) | 65g |
| Apple Cinnamon Nut Granola Kind | 15.4% | 5g | 130 | 3.8g | 0.39g | Complete (mod.) | 30g |
| healthy grains granola Peanut Butter KIND | 15.4% | 10g | 260 | 3.8g | 0.78g | Complete (mod.) | 65g |
| Peanut Butter Granola KIND | 14.8% | 11.4g | 309 | 3.7g | 0.89g | Complete (mod.) | 65g |
| Cinnamon Peanut Butter Nut Granola purely elizabeth. | 14.1% | 6g | 170 | 3.5g | 0.47g | Complete (mod.) | 30g |
| Vanilla Almond Butter Nut Granola purely elizabeth. | 14.1% | 6g | 170 | 3.5g | 0.47g | Complete (mod.) | 30g |
| Maple Pecan grain free granola Three Wishes | 10.9% | 6g | 220 | 2.7g | 0.47g | Complete (mod.) | 40g |
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Top 10 by protein / 100 cal.
Bars colored by Protein Density (% of calories from protein) tier. Values in g/100cal.
- Magic Spoon Protein Granola: 5 g/100cal (silver tier), 13g protein, 260 kcal
- Purely Elizabeth Original Salty-Sweet Granola: 5 g/100cal (silver tier), 5g protein, 100 kcal
- Quaker Protein Granola: 4.8 g/100cal (silver tier), 12g protein, 250 kcal
- Nature Valley Granola Protein Oats & Honey: 4.6 g/100cal (silver tier), 13g protein, 280 kcal
- Kind Apple Cinnamon Nut Granola: 3.8 g/100cal (silver tier), 5g protein, 130 kcal
- KIND healthy grains granola Peanut Butter: 3.8 g/100cal (silver tier), 10g protein, 260 kcal
- KIND Peanut Butter Granola: 3.7 g/100cal (avoid tier), 11.4g protein, 309 kcal
- purely elizabeth. Cinnamon Peanut Butter Nut Granola: 3.5 g/100cal (avoid tier), 6g protein, 170 kcal
- purely elizabeth. Vanilla Almond Butter Nut Granola: 3.5 g/100cal (avoid tier), 6g protein, 170 kcal
- Three Wishes Maple Pecan grain free granola: 2.7 g/100cal (avoid tier), 6g protein, 220 kcal
Calories per serving vs. protein per 100 cal. Up-and-left is more efficient. Labels show the top performers directly; tap or focus a dot for brand and exact numbers.
Too tight to label directly — numbered on the chart above:
- 1. purely elizabeth. Cinnamon Peanut Butter Nut Granola
Too tight to label directly — numbered on the chart above:
- 1. Quaker Protein Granola
- 2. purely elizabeth. Cinnamon Peanut Butter Nut Granola
| Food | Calories | Protein g per 100 cal | Protein (g) | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Spoon Protein Granola | 260 | 5 | 13 | silver |
| Purely Elizabeth Original Salty-Sweet Granola | 100 | 5 | 5 | silver |
| Quaker Protein Granola | 250 | 4.8 | 12 | silver |
| Nature Valley Granola Protein Oats & Honey | 280 | 4.6 | 13 | silver |
| Kind Apple Cinnamon Nut Granola | 130 | 3.8 | 5 | silver |
| KIND healthy grains granola Peanut Butter | 260 | 3.8 | 10 | silver |
| KIND Peanut Butter Granola | 309 | 3.7 | 11.4 | avoid |
| purely elizabeth. Cinnamon Peanut Butter Nut Granola | 170 | 3.5 | 6 | avoid |
| purely elizabeth. Vanilla Almond Butter Nut Granola | 170 | 3.5 | 6 | avoid |
| Three Wishes Maple Pecan grain free granola | 220 | 2.7 | 6 | avoid |
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Granola protein: common questions
Which granola has the most protein?
Magic Spoon Protein Granola leads: 13 g of protein in 260 kcal (a 60 g serving) — 20% Protein Density, Silver tier. Runners-up: Purely Elizabeth Original Salty-Sweet Granola (20%, 5 g) and Quaker Protein Granola (19.2%, 12 g).
How much protein is in granola?
Protein ranges from 5 g to 13 g per serving across the 10 products we track (calories run 100-309 kcal); a typical serving lands around 8 g.
Is granola a good source of protein?
Not consistently. None of the 10 granola products we track reach Gold tier (25%+ of calories from protein) — the best tops out at 20% (Silver tier). Granola is rolled oats bound with oil and a sweetener, then baked — the oil and sugar calories dominate no matter whose name is on the bag, which is why the category tops out at Silver tier by design, not by brand failure.