Beans & Lentils: typically 108 calories per 100g. Individual products range from 25 to 647 per 100g. Best for protein per calorie: Gourmet Fuel Mini Turkey & 4 Bean Cassoulet, at 13g of protein per 100 calories.

Real label figures, compiled from on-pack data and Open Food Facts — last checked 2026-09-18.

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Beans & Lentils ranked by protein density

Productkcal/100gProtein/100kcalCarbs/100kcalFat/100kcal
Gourmet Fuel Mini Turkey & 4 Bean Cassoulet12013g6g2.7g
Holland & Barrett black bean noodles 200g33412.9g4.5g2g
Dunnes Stores Hake Fillets Topped With Garlic & Herb Butter & Chorizo Crumb With Edamame Beans14112.1g0.7g5.3g
Lidl Vemondo Organic Tofu with Soya Beans 550g11311.6g0.7g5.2g
O the only bean Crunchy roasted edamame beans10011g6g4g
Go beans Edamame grillé sriracha10410.6g5.8g3.8g
Go beans Edamames nachos40410.5g4.8g4.3g
Dunnes Stores Simply Better Organic Chickpeas in Water 300g8610.2g11g0.6g
Tesco Pinto Beans16210.1g12.1g0.9g
Brami Lupini beans4010g10g2.5g
Batchelors Broad Beans in Water 300g759.9g13.5g0.7g
Skinny Taste Grilled shrimp with cucumber chickpea salad2199.8g10g2.3g
Birds Eye Edamame Beans 480g1319.5g3g4.9g
John West Light Lunch Tuna, Tomato & Bean Salad 220g1949.5g6.2g3.3g
The only bean Crunchy super snack1179.4g6g5.1g
Cofresh Guvar Chopped Cluster Beans 400g358.6g15.1g0.9g
Indie bay Crunchy beans 100 g4298.6g8.2g3.4g
Birds Eye Field Fresh Soya Beans 480g1508.2g7.3g4.2g
Batchelors Black Eyed Beans in Water 400g1108.1g9.6g0.7g
Lidl Oaklands British Fine Beans 180g268.1g15.4g1.2g
Napolina Mixed Beans Salad in Water 400g798.1g12.3g0.1g
John West on the Go Light Mexican Tuna Bean Salad 220g997.9g11.1g2g
Asda Stir fry crunchy beans sprouts377.8g10.3g1.9g
Bunalun Organic Lentils In Salted Water 1, 400g527.8g13.2g0.6g
Coop Green Lentils1417.8g14.2g0.6g
DUNNES STORES wholefoods GREEN LENTILS1157.8g17.4g0.3g
Dunnes Stores Wholefoods Red Kidney Beans in Water 400g837.8g10.6g0.6g
Naivas Lentils /kamande1167.8g17.2g0.3g
Napolina Organic Red Lentil Penne Pasta 250g3347.8g15g0.5g
Batchelors Red Kidney Beans1057.7g12.2g0.6g
East end Moong whole beans3117.7g15.8g0.4g
Napolina Gluten Free Organic Red Lentil Penne Pasta 250g3387.7g14.8g0.5g
Opes Bean burger1307.7g13.8g1.9g
True natural goodness Organic brown lentils3107.7g15.8g0.6g
Birds Eye Chickpea & Spinach Mix 450g597.6g11.5g1.5g
Lidl Oaklands Fresh Green Beans 220g257.6g12.4g2g
Napolina Borlotti Beans in Water 800g1007.6g12g0.8g
Natural selection Organic Blackeye beans1167.6g17.2g0.6g
Taste of Tomatoey Lentils 250 g1117.6g12g2.4g
Tesco Red Split Lentils 500g967.6g12.2g0.8g
Woolworths Lentils747.6g14.9g0.7g
Batchelors Black Eye Beans 400g1187.5g16.9g0.6g
Batchelors Red Kidney Beans 400g777.5g13.4g0.5g
Dunnes Stores Simply Better Organic Red Kidney Beans in Water 390g817.5g13.6g0.6g
Napolina Cannellini Beans 150g837.5g13.3g0g
Rancho Gordo large white lima beans3247.5g17.5g0g
Aldi Four Season Mixed Beans in Water 400g1067.4g13.4g0.4g
Batchelors Cannellini Beans 400g957.4g13.1g0.6g
Batchelors Red Kidney Beans in Water 400g987.4g13.8g0.5g
Merchant Gourmet Puy Lentils & French green lentils (250 g)1487.4g12.8g1.1g

Showing the top 50 of the 387 beans & lentils products that carry a comparable calorie figure, ranked by protein per 100 calories. Figures per label, sourced from Open Food Facts and tracker user logs, last checked 2026-09-18.

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What the beans & lentils numbers show

387 of the 389 beans & lentils products carry 20 calories or more per 100g, which is the floor below which protein per 100 calories stops being a real number. Across those the median is 5.7g of protein per 100 calories. 10 clear 10g of protein per 100 calories — about one in 39, and 10g is the line Keith uses for a food that pays for its calories.

Calories run from 25 to 647 per 100g inside this one group, a 26-fold spread, so “beans & lentils” on its own tells you almost nothing about what a portion costs you.

Own-brand is not the compromise here. The supermarket own-label median is 5.9g of protein per 100 calories across 99 products, against 5.6g for the 288 name-brand ones.

Lidl is the only Irish chain with enough own-label beans & lentils to compare fairly — 28 products at a median of 5.3g per 100 calories. Everywhere else this is a name-brand shelf.

What to actually pick

On the numbers the pick is Gourmet Fuel Mini Turkey & 4 Bean Cassoulet: 13g of protein per 100 calories, 2.3 times the 5.7g median for the group.

31 of the 387 carry 400 calories or more per 100g — the ones worth weighing rather than eyeballing.

Where this fits

Only one chain carries enough of this own-label to break out separately, so Lidl Beans & Lentils is the one sub-page here, next to everything else Lidl sells.

Front-of-pack claims on this stuff rarely match the back, so scan it with the label checker.

For one specific product rather than the whole group, the 20,000-product database is searchable on Calories in Ireland, and the same figures are built into the calorie app.

Real beans & lentils products with a photo

Real barcode-matched products with a confirmed photo — the same rule as Calories in Ireland: a photo only shows where we have a confirmed Open Food Facts match, never a guessed stock image.

Dunnes Stores Wholefoods Red Kidney Beans in Water 400g
Dunnes Stores Wholefoods Red Kidney Beans in Water 400g
7.8g protein / 100kcal
Tesco Butter Beans in Water 400g
Tesco Butter Beans in Water 400g
6.6g protein / 100kcal
SuperValu Red Kidney Beans 400g
SuperValu Red Kidney Beans 400g
5.9g protein / 100kcal
Tesco Taco Mixed Beans in Spicy Tomato Sauce 395g
Tesco Taco Mixed Beans in Spicy Tomato Sauce 395g
5.7g protein / 100kcal
Lidl Simply Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce 420g
Lidl Simply Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce 420g
5g protein / 100kcal
Lidl Deluxe Extra Virgin Olive Oil Houmous with Paprika Chickpeas 150g
Lidl Deluxe Extra Virgin Olive Oil Houmous with Paprika Chickpeas 150g
3.4g protein / 100kcal

Beans & Lentils by store

FAQ

How many beans & lentils products are in this database?

We track 389 beans & lentils products across Irish supermarkets and brands. 387 of them carry 20 calories or more per 100g, which is the point below which protein per 100 calories stops being a real number, so those are the ones ranked and averaged here.

What's the most protein-dense beans & lentils product?

The table is sorted highest protein per 100 calories first, so the answer is the top row. The more useful number is that the median for the whole group is 5.7g per 100 calories and 10 products clear 10g — that tells you whether beans & lentils is worth buying for protein at all, which protein per 100g does not.