Every chain menu in America is required to show you calories. Not one is required to show you protein. So here it is — 11 KFC items, using KFC's own published figures.
Source: KFC’s nutrition data, published via Nutritionix — the nutrition surface kfc.com embeds, rather than a KFC-hosted document — read 19 August 2026.
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 |
| Spicy Zinger Sandwichspicy fried chicken sandwich as published | 33 g |
| KFC Famous Bowlmashed-potato bowl with corn, popcorn chicken, gravy and cheese as published | 31 g |
| Mac & Cheese Bowlmac and cheese bowl with popcorn chicken as published | 30 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 |
These are the restaurant's figures. Your daily protein target is worked out from your own measurements — six questions, about two minutes. Free, no card, no account.
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