Calories in Dunnes Stores Pasta (Ireland)

Dunnes Stores pasta ranked by protein density

Showing the top 26 of the 26 Dunnes Stores pasta products that carry a comparable calorie figure, ranked by protein per 100 calories.

What Dunnes Stores's pasta looks like next to everyone else's

Median across the 26 Dunnes Stores pasta products with usable figures is 3.7g of protein per 100 calories. That is level with the 3.6g median for pasta across all 564 products in the database, chains and name brands together.

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.

Of the three chains carrying enough pasta to compare, Dunnes Stores comes second, behind Lidl on 3.8g.

The best Dunnes Stores option here reaches 8g of protein per 100 calories; somewhere in the wider pasta group something reaches 16.3g, so Dunnes Stores is not where the ceiling is.

Calories run from 46 to 358 per 100g across the Dunnes Stores pasta range, an 8-fold spread, so “Dunnes Stores pasta” on its own tells you almost nothing about what a portion costs you.

What to pick in Dunnes Stores

Nothing here is a protein food, so treat it as calories. At a median of 3.7g of protein per 100 calories this group is a taste and energy decision, not a macro one.

Nothing in here passes 400 calories per 100g, so portion size matters less than it does in the snack aisles.

Where this fits

Pasta across every Irish store is the wider group this sits in, and everything else Dunnes Stores sells is the other half of the comparison.

The practical half of this — counting calories without weighing everything.

For one specific item rather than a shortlist, the 20,000-product database is searchable on Calories in Ireland and built into the free calorie tracker.

Real Dunnes Stores pasta 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 Fresh Fusilli Egg Pasta 250g

3.9g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores Roasted Tomato, Mozzarella & Basil Girasoli Pasta 250g

3.9g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores Wholewheat Italian Fusilli Pasta 500g

3.5g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores Wholewheat Spaghetti 500g

3.5g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores Bolognese Pasta Sauce 460g

3.2g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores Simply Better Italian Arrabbiata Pasta Sauce 428g

2.6g protein / 100kcal

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