Protein at KFC
Every chain menu in America is required to show you calories. Not one is required to print protein on the menu. So here it is — 9 KFC items, using the figures KFC publishes.
Source: nutrition data from KFC, published via Nutritionix — the nutrition surface kfc.com embeds, rather than a KFC-hosted document — read 25 September 2026.
Ranked by protein
This operator publishes protein but not serving weights, so protein per 100 g — the figure that tells you how dense a plate is — cannot be worked out from their numbers. These are ranked by total protein, and nothing here is estimated to fill the gap.
| Item | Protein |
|---|---|
| Original Recipe Chicken Breastone Original Recipe fried chicken breast, bone-in, as published | 39 g |
| Kentucky Grilled Chicken Breastone grilled chicken breast, bone-in, as published | 38 g |
| Classic Chicken Sandwichclassic fried chicken sandwich as published | 34 g |
| KFC Famous Bowlmashed-potato bowl with corn, popcorn chicken, gravy and cheese as published | 31 g |
| Chicken Pot Piechicken pot pie as published | 26 g |
| Original Recipe Tenders Kids Mealkids meal row as published (single portal row; contents not itemized by the portal) | 21 g |
| Kentucky Grilled Chicken Thighone grilled chicken thigh, bone-in, as published | 17 g |
| Kentucky Grilled Chicken Drumstickone grilled chicken drumstick as published | 11 g |
| Original Recipe Tender (each)one Original Recipe chicken tender, per-piece figure as published | 11 g |
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