Boxing food rankings

The best all-round foods for boxers

These are the foods that do everything well at once: a high share of calories from protein, plenty of vitamins and minerals, and enough bulk to keep you full. If you want one list to shop from, start here.

#	Food	Group	All-Round score	% Protein/kcal	Nutrients	Fullness
1	Seaweednori, dried, raw	Vegetables	100.0	90%	85	92
2	Prawnsstandard, dried	Fish and fish products	89.0	88%	71	100
3	Shrimpsdried	Fish and fish products	81.4	91%	74	84
4	Liverpig, raw	Meat and meat products	74.3	76%	91	76
5	Eggschicken, white, dried	Eggs	72.7	100%	53	96
6	Liverchicken, raw	Meat and meat products	64.0	77%	77	76
7	Livercalf, raw	Meat and meat products	61.4	70%	83	74
8	Crabwhite meat, purchased cooked	Fish and fish products	57.4	97%	53	79
9	Porkfillet medallions, grilled lean	Meat and meat products	56.9	96%	50	84
10	Kidneylamb, raw	Meat and meat products	55.2	74%	69	76
11	Kidneyox, stewed	Meat and meat products	55.0	71%	70	78
12	Kidneyox, raw	Meat and meat products	54.6	79%	64	77
13	Liverlamb, raw	Meat and meat products	52.5	59%	84	74
14	Seaweedkombu, dried, raw	Vegetables	52.0	67%	64	86
15	Porkfillet medallions, grilled, lean and fat	Meat and meat products	51.8	89%	49	83
16	Seaweedwakame, dried, raw	Vegetables	50.9	70%	63	81
17	Kidneypig, fried	Meat and meat products	50.3	58%	82	75
18	Kidneypig, raw	Meat and meat products	49.8	72%	65	76
19	Liverpig, stewed	Meat and meat products	49.6	54%	87	74
20	Liverox, raw	Meat and meat products	49.4	55%	86	74
21	Liverlamb, fried in corn oil	Meat and meat products	48.4	51%	92	73
22	Roecod, hard, raw	Fish and fish products	47.9	83%	52	78
23	Tunaflesh only, baked	Fish and fish products	47.8	95%	42	84
24	Crabpurchased cooked	Fish and fish products	46.5	68%	64	75
25	Livercalf, fried in corn oil	Meat and meat products	46.4	51%	89	72
26	Kidneypig, stewed	Meat and meat products	46.2	64%	67	76
27	Cocklesboiled	Fish and fish products	45.8	89%	48	75
28	Winklesboiled	Fish and fish products	45.6	85%	52	73
29	Porkfillet strips, stir-fried in rapeseed oil, lean	Meat and meat products	45.1	85%	45	83
30	Tunaflesh only, raw	Fish and fish products	44.9	94%	41	82
31	Lobsterboiled	Fish and fish products	44.8	86%	47	79
32	Langoustineboiled	Fish and fish products	44.0	92%	42	80
33	Liverchicken, fried in corn oil	Meat and meat products	43.8	52%	81	73
34	Haddockflesh only, grilled	Fish and fish products	43.7	97%	39	81
35	Coleyflesh only, grilled	Fish and fish products	43.7	90%	41	84
36	Haddockflesh only, poached	Fish and fish products	43.6	95%	40	80
37	Coleyflesh only, poached	Fish and fish products	43.6	88%	43	81
38	Liverox, stewed	Meat and meat products	43.3	50%	83	73
39	Coleyflesh only, baked	Fish and fish products	41.5	88%	41	81
40	Coleyflesh only, steamed	Fish and fish products	40.5	88%	40	80

Top 40 of 2,652 foods. Open the full interactive explorer to search, filter by food group and switch goals. Satiety is an estimate. It is modelled from the known drivers of fullness (protein, fibre, water, low energy density, low fat), not measured directly.

Common questions

What are the best all-round foods for boxers?

Seaweed, Prawns, Shrimps lead this ranking. These are the foods that do everything well at once: a high share of calories from protein, plenty of vitamins and minerals, and enough bulk to keep you full. If you want one list to shop from, start here.

How are these foods scored?

Every food is scored from the UK Government CoFID 2021 dataset on protein per calorie, nutrient density and estimated satiety, then ranked for this goal. Satiety is modelled from the drivers of fullness, not measured directly.

General information for boxers, not medical or dietary advice. For a plan built around you, speak to a registered dietitian or your GP. Food data from the UK Government CoFID 2021 dataset, used under the Open Government Licence.

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