Proteins in the right amount are essential to creating the healthy body that everyone wants. At the same time, we need to avoid taking in excess calories and fat. There are a number of different kinds of fat, but the substances we want to avoid most are the saturated fatty acids. Accordingly, we researched foods high in protein and low in saturated fatty acids.
Looking at proteins contained in major categories of seafood and meats, scallops rank near the top on the high-protein/low-fat score, which is calculated by dividing the amount of protein by the amount of saturated fatty acids. Scallops even far surpassed chicken breast strips, a food most of us think of as high in protein and low in fat.