Calories in Burgers (Ireland)

Burgers ranked by protein density

Showing the top 50 of the 281 burgers 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.

What the burgers numbers show

281 of the 283 burgers 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 5.5g of protein per 100 calories. 39 clear 10g of protein per 100 calories — about one in seven, and 10g is the line Keith uses for a food that pays for its calories.

Calories run from 42 to 649 per 100g inside this one group, a 16-fold spread, so “burgers” 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 7.8g of protein per 100 calories across 121 products, against 4.9g for the 160 name-brand ones.

Lidl is the only Irish chain with enough own-label burgers to compare fairly — 47 products at a median of 7.5g per 100 calories. Everywhere else this is a name-brand shelf.

What to actually pick

On the numbers the pick is Fit Foods Flame Grilled Turkey Burgers 300g: 21g of protein per 100 calories, 3.8 times the 5.5g median for the group.

27 of the 281 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 Burgers is the one sub-page here, next to everything else Lidl sells.

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 free calorie tracker.

Real burgers 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.

SuperValu Irish Turkey Burgers with a Spicy Seasoning Flavour 380g

18.1g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores 4 Irish Beef Caramelised Onion Quarter Pounder Steak Burgers 454g

10.3g protein / 100kcal

Lidl Rowan Hill 6 Plain Burger Buns 300g

3.5g protein / 100kcal

SuperValu Burger Mayonnaise 425ml

1g protein / 100kcal

Tesco Burger Sauce 235ml

0.4g protein / 100kcal

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