851 beef products sold in Irish supermarkets, ranked by protein per 100 calories.
Beef: typically 161 calories per 100g. Individual products range from 20 to 550 per 100g. Best for protein per calorie: Nu3 Beef Jerky, at 22.1g 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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| Product | kcal/100g | Protein/100kcal | Carbs/100kcal | Fat/100kcal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nu3 Beef Jerky | 240 | 22.1g | 0.7g | 1.1g |
| Dunnes Eye Of round Beef | 124 | 21.8g | 0.4g | 1.5g |
| Lidl Birchwood Deli Choice 5 Peppered Topside Of Beef Slices 130g | 108 | 21.8g | 0.4g | 1.4g |
| Aldi Irish Lean Beef Mince | 157 | 21g | 0.3g | 1.7g |
| Lidl Birchwood Korean Style 2 Beef Steaks 454g | 127 | 20.8g | 0.8g | 1.4g |
| Lidl 100% Irish Beef Minute Steak | 112 | 20.7g | 2.6g | 0.5g |
| Lidl Birchwood British Extra Lean Diced Beef 350g | 104 | 20.5g | 0.2g | 1.8g |
| Lidl Birchwood South American Style 2 Beef Steaks 454g | 134 | 20.5g | 0.4g | 1.8g |
| Argentina Beef steak | 114 | 20.4g | 0.6g | 1.8g |
| Lidl Birchwood 2 Beef Medallion Steaks 340g | 108 | 20.4g | 0g | 1.9g |
| Lidl Birchwood 4 Beef Medallion Steaks 600g | 108 | 20.4g | 0g | 1.9g |
| Lidl Birchwood 4 British Beef Medallion Steaks 600g | 108 | 20.4g | 0g | 1.9g |
| Tesco 2 Irish Beef Medallion Steaks 340g | 110 | 20.4g | 0g | 2.1g |
| Aldi Brannans Irish Roast Beef Slices 130g | 124 | 20.3g | 1.6g | 1.6g |
| Lidl Birchwood Beef Stir Fry Strips 350g | 109 | 20.3g | 0.3g | 1.8g |
| Aldi Roasted Topside of Beef Slices | 124 | 20.2g | 0.8g | 1.9g |
| Dunnes Stores Matured Irish Beef Low Fat Medallions 280g | 109 | 20.2g | 1.2g | 1.7g |
| Dunnes Irish Spiced Beef Eye Of Round | 129 | 20.1g | 0.6g | 1.9g |
| Dunnes Stores Irish Beef Roasted Topside | 139 | 20.1g | 0.4g | 1.9g |
| Tesco 4 British Prime Cuts Roast Beef Slices 90g | 123 | 20.1g | 0.2g | 2g |
| Aldi Ashfield Farm Topside Of Beef Slices 130g | 135 | 20g | 0.4g | 2.2g |
| Dunnes Stores Diced Irish Beef Round Steak 300g | 120 | 20g | 0.8g | 2g |
| GE ROAST BEEF DIH 08:17 AM 1. Net WI/CI 869% 0.500 lh PLU# 87088 ** TOTAL PRICE TAR Price $12.99/16 $6.50 Packed On Feb 15 Roast beef lunch meat | 60 | 20g | 1.7g | 2.5g |
| Maverick Ranch Lean Organic Grass-Fed Beef Strip Loin Steak | 116 | 20g | 0g | 2.3g |
| Natures Promise Grass fed beef-Top Round Steak | 115 | 20g | 0g | 1.9g |
| Simply Better Dunnes Stores Low Fat Beef Mince | 110 | 20g | 0.5g | 1.8g |
| Suttero Beef stripes classic | 160 | 20g | 0.6g | 1.9g |
| Aldi Beef Stir Fry | 116 | 19.8g | 0g | 2.3g |
| Aldi Irish diced beef steak | 116 | 19.8g | 0g | 2.3g |
| Butchers selection Irish 30 day matured beef medallions | 116 | 19.8g | 0.4g | 2.3g |
| Lidl Lean 3% Beef Mince 454g | 116 | 19.8g | 0.1g | 2.3g |
| Migros Bio Beef | 116 | 19.8g | 0.4g | 2.2g |
| Lidl Deluxe 4 Roast Beef Slices 100g | 142 | 19.7g | 0.4g | 2.1g |
| M Classic Beef Jerky | 203 | 19.7g | 2g | 1.5g |
| Tesco Finest 4 Slow Cooked Charred Topside Beef Slices 90g | 140 | 19.5g | 0.1g | 2.3g |
| BEEF-it Garlic Biltong | 271 | 19.4g | 1.3g | 2g |
| Irish Country Irish Diced Beef | 114 | 19.4g | 0g | 2.5g |
| Lidl Deluxe 4 Scotch Peppered Beef Slices 100g | 144 | 19.4g | 0.6g | 2.2g |
| Lidl Deluxe Scottish Selection Wafer Thin Sliced Scotch Peppered Beef 100g | 144 | 19.4g | 0.6g | 2.2g |
| Lidl Deluxe Scottish Wafer Thin Sliced Salt Beef 100g | 124 | 19.4g | 1.6g | 1.6g |
| Tesco Irish beef diced | 114 | 19.4g | 0g | 2.5g |
| Tesco Irish Angus Roast Beef | 145 | 19.3g | 1.7g | 1.7g |
| Tesco Irish Diced Beef | 115 | 19.3g | 0g | 2.4g |
| Tesco Irish Lean Beef Mince 3% | 113 | 19.3g | 0.4g | 2.4g |
| Tesco Irish Lean Beef Steak Mince 5% Fat | 113 | 19.3g | 0.4g | 2.4g |
| Lidl Irish Beef Stirfry | 116 | 19.2g | 0g | 2.6g |
| Sainsbury's Extra lean stir fry irish beef | 116 | 19.2g | 0g | 2.6g |
| Tesco 3% Lean Beef Mince | 114 | 19.2g | 0.4g | 2.4g |
| Tesco Irish Beef Stir Fry 350 g | 116 | 19.2g | 0g | 2.6g |
| Dunnes Stores Roast Garlic & Herb Irish Beef Topside | 141 | 19.1g | 1.3g | 1.8g |
Showing the top 50 of the 849 beef 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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849 of the 851 beef 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 9.6g of protein per 100 calories. 411 clear 10g of protein per 100 calories — about one in two, and 10g is the line Keith uses for a food that pays for its calories.
Calories run from 20 to 550 per 100g inside this one group, a 28-fold spread, so “beef” 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 12.9g of protein per 100 calories across 429 products, against 7.5g for the 420 name-brand ones.
The chains are not equal on this: Lidl runs a median of 14.1g of protein per 100 calories across its 195 own-label beef products, Centra 8.5g across 29.
On the numbers the pick is Nu3 Beef Jerky: 22.1g of protein per 100 calories, 2.3 times the 9.6g median for the group.
12 of the 849 carry 400 calories or more per 100g — the ones worth weighing rather than eyeballing.
That chain-by-chain gap is why the biggest ranges get their own page: Lidl Beef covers 195 products, and everything else Lidl sells sits alongside it.
A protein-per-calorie number is only useful once you know the target, and that is how much protein a day actually works out to.
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 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.
We track 851 beef products across Irish supermarkets and brands. 849 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.
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 9.6g per 100 calories and 411 products clear 10g — that tells you whether beef is worth buying for protein at all, which protein per 100g does not.
