8 Best Halal High-Protein Foods for Muscle Building
Casein Protein Powder tops the real halal-tagged foods in our database at 78g of protein per 100g. Biltong isn’t far behind at 56g. Filtered strictly to foods genuinely tagged halal in our database, here’s the real top 8 by protein per 100g, mostly whole meat and fish, not another supplement list.
The real top 8, by protein per 100g
- Casein Protein Powder: 78g
- Biltong: 56g
- Bresaola: 33.1g
- Turkey Breast (roasted, no skin): 29.9g
- Bison Steak (grilled): 28.4g
- Kangaroo Steak (grilled): 24g
- Tuna (canned in brine): 23.5g
- Smoked Cod: 23.3g
Two real halal supplements, then everyday meat and fish
Only the top two are supplements, Casein Protein Powder and the dried, cured Biltong, both concentrated by removing water rather than by anything unusual in the ingredients. Everything from third place down is a genuinely ordinary meal, Turkey Breast, Bison and Tuna among them, which is why they’re the more realistic everyday building blocks for a real training diet.
Where you will see it used on this site
Every food shown here has its own real, live page, and the full Meat & Poultry, Fish & Seafood and Dairy & Eggs category pages list every food we track in each, filterable by protein and more. Halal isn’t only meat and fish either, every food in our separate vegan high-protein roundup checks out halal too, since a genuinely vegan food has nothing in it that wouldn’t be. Want to see how any two foods stack up, including the halal high-protein foods above? Try our Food Nutrition Comparison Tool.
*This article is general information, not medical or dietary advice. If you’re making dietary changes for a specific health reason, speak to a doctor or registered dietitian. Halal status reflects our own database tagging, always check a specific product’s own certification for your own dietary needs.