Guide

A tablespoon of butter has around 0.1 g of protein, so it’s a fat source, not a protein source.

Butter has essentially no protein per serving, so it won’t move your daily protein intake in any meaningful way.

Butter has only trace protein, so it won’t add much to your daily protein total even if you use it often.

Butter contains about 0.1 g of protein per tablespoon and about 0.9 g per 100 g, so it adds almost none to daily protein totals.

Butter is almost all fat, with little to no protein per serving, so it doesn’t count as a protein food.

Butter is almost entirely fat, with only trace protein from milk solids in most servings.

Butter has roughly 0.8 grams of protein per 100 grams, so it’s a flavor fat, not a protein food.

Butter has almost no protein—about 0.1 g per tablespoon—so many labels round it down to 0 g.

Butterball turkey bacon adds protein in small chunks per slice, so your total hinges on serving size, slice count, and what you pair it with.

Most Butterball turkey burger patties land in the low-to-low-30s grams of protein per patty, depending on the exact product and patty size.