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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.Super Score = %Protein per kcal x Nutrient Density x estimated Satiety (each 0-100, product normalised).

#	Food	Group	All-Round Nutrition score	% Protein/kcal	Nutrients	Fullness	Carbs	Calories
1	Seaweednori, dried, raw	Vegetables	100.0	90%	85	92	0g	333
2	Prawnsstandard, dried	Fish and fish products	89.0	88%	71	100	0g	370
3	Shrimpsdried	Fish and fish products	81.4	91%	74	84	0g	293
4	Liverpig, raw	Meat and meat products	74.3	76%	91	76	0g	119
5	Eggschicken, white, dried	Eggs	72.7	100%	53	96	0g	381
6	Crabwhite meat, purchased cooked	Fish and fish products	57.4	97%	53	79	0g	86
7	Porkfillet medallions, grilled lean	Meat and meat products	56.9	96%	50	84	0g	157
8	Kidneylamb, raw	Meat and meat products	55.2	74%	69	76	0g	93
9	Roecod, hard, raw	Fish and fish products	47.9	83%	52	78	0g	107
10	Tunaflesh only, baked	Fish and fish products	47.8	95%	42	84	0g	135
11	Cocklesboiled	Fish and fish products	45.8	89%	48	75	0g	56
12	Winklesboiled	Fish and fish products	45.6	85%	52	73	0g	81
13	Lobsterboiled	Fish and fish products	44.8	86%	47	79	0g	105
14	Langoustineboiled	Fish and fish products	44.0	92%	42	80	0g	85
15	Haddockflesh only, grilled	Fish and fish products	43.7	97%	39	81	0g	99
16	Coleyflesh only, grilled	Fish and fish products	43.7	90%	41	84	0g	115
17	Codflesh only, microwaved	Fish and fish products	38.9	96%	35	81	0g	97
18	Gibletschicken, boiled	Meat and meat products	38.3	59%	61	75	0g	159
19	Bombay duck	Fish and fish products	38.2	87%	36	85	0g	344
20	PollockAlaskan, flesh only, baked	Fish and fish products	37.9	91%	35	83	0g	122
21	Whelksboiled	Fish and fish products	37.7	88%	39	77	0g	93
22	Turkeybreast, fillet, grilled, meat only	Meat and meat products	37.6	90%	35	84	0g	155
23	Liver and baconfried, homemade	Meat and meat products	37.4	47%	79	71	0g	257
24	Venisonroast	Meat and meat products	36.6	86%	36	83	0g	168
25	Grousemeat only, roasted	Meat and meat products	36.5	86%	37	81	0g	130
26	Cuttlefishraw	Fish and fish products	36.4	92%	36	77	0g	72
27	Crayfishraw	Fish and fish products	36.4	90%	37	77	0g	67
28	Heartox, stewed	Meat and meat products	35.9	71%	46	78	0g	161
29	Squiddried	Fish and fish products	35.6	81%	35	88	5g	331
30	Plaiceflesh only, baked	Fish and fish products	35.4	85%	37	78	0g	102
31	Oystersraw	Fish and fish products	34.2	66%	49	74	3g	65
32	Sardinesflesh only, grilled	Fish and fish products	33.4	59%	52	76	0g	171
33	Mushroomdried	Vegetables	33.2	55%	71	60	11g	369
34	Musselspurchased cooked	Fish and fish products	32.9	69%	45	75	4g	105
35	Beeftopside, microwaved, lean	Meat and meat products	32.2	77%	36	82	0g	181
36	Chickenbreast, grilled without skin, meat only	Meat and meat products	31.6	86%	31	83	0g	147
37	Lemon soleflesh only, steamed	Fish and fish products	30.6	92%	29	80	0g	95
38	Spinachdried	Vegetables	30.6	46%	72	65	25g	380
39	Beanssoya, dried, raw	Vegetables	30.3	39%	81	68	20g	469
40	Red snapperflesh only, fried in sunflower oil	Fish and fish products	30.0	78%	34	79	0g	127

Top 40 distinct foods of 2,591. Carbs and calories are per 100 g. 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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