How Much Protein Is in Oats?
10.6 g in 1 cup dry
Oats bring more protein than most carbs do, along with the slow-digesting energy that fuels hard training. They are one of the easiest ways to add clean calories when you are trying to gain.
Oats nutrition (dry, rolled)
Values are approximate, based on USDA FoodData Central, dry, rolled. Actual numbers vary by brand, cut, and preparation.
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Protein in other foods
Oats, answered
Oats has about 5.3 g of protein in 1/2 cup dry, and about 10.6 g in 1 cup dry.
About 152 calories in 1/2 cup dry, or about 303 in 1 cup dry.
Oats are a useful contributor rather than your main protein: 1/2 cup dry adds about 5.3 g, with around 14% of the calories coming from protein. Build the meal around a denser source and let oats top them up.
Not quite. Only about 14% of the calories in oats come from protein, short of the roughly 40% bar that counts as a high-protein food, so treat oats as a contributor rather than a main protein source.
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