Fruits

How much protein is in dried apricots?

A quarter cup of dried apricot halves has about 1.1 g of protein.

That's 3.4 g of protein per 100 g, or 1.4 g for every 100 calories.

Protein per serving

Protein and calories in common servings of dried apricots, from USDA data.
ServingWeightProteinCalories
¼ cup33 g1.1 g78
1 cup130 g4.4 g313
100 g100 g3.4 g241

How dried apricots compares

Other fruits, ranked by how much protein you get per 100 calories.

FoodProtein per 100 gProtein per 100 calories
Guavaraw 2.6 g 3.8 g
Blackberriesraw 1.4 g 3.2 g
Strawberriesraw 0.7 g 2.1 g
Orangeraw 0.9 g 2 g
Jackfruitraw 1.7 g 1.8 g
Avocadoraw 2 g 1.3 g
Blueberriesraw 0.7 g 1.3 g
Bananaraw 1.1 g 1.2 g
Grapesred or green 0.7 g 1 g
Appleraw, with skin 0.3 g 0.5 g

How it fits into a meal

For building muscle, Schoenfeld and Aragon's 2018 review of the research suggests about 0.4 g of protein per kilogram of body weight at each meal, spread over at least four meals a day. At 170 lb (77 kg), that's about 31 g a meal. A quarter cup of dried apricot halves covers about 4% of that.

Work out your own daily and per-meal target with the protein calculator.

Nutrition data: USDA FoodData Central ("Apricots, dried, sulfured, uncooked", FDC ID 173941). Actual values vary by brand, recipe and cooking method, so treat these numbers as close estimates.