Calories in Dips (Ireland)

Dips ranked by protein density

Showing the top 50 of the 69 dips 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 dips numbers show

69 of the 70 dips 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 1.1g of protein per 100 calories. Not one of them clears 10g of protein per 100 calories, which is the line Keith uses for a food that pays for its calories.

Calories run from 20 to 460 per 100g inside this one group, a 23-fold spread, so “dips” 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 1.7g of protein per 100 calories across 26 products, against 0.7g for the 43 name-brand ones.

What to actually pick

Nothing here is a protein food, so treat it as calories. At a median of 1.1g of protein per 100 calories this group is a taste and energy decision, not a macro one.

5 of the 69 carry 400 calories or more per 100g — the ones worth weighing rather than eyeballing.

Where this fits

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 free calorie tracker.

Real dips 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.

Aldi Snackrite Mild Salsa Dip 300g

1.9g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores Chunky Mild Salsa 225g

1.7g protein / 100kcal

Lidl Meadow Fresh Chunky Guacamole 150g

1.1g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores Chunky Guacamole 170g

0.9g protein / 100kcal

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