Calories in Mince (Ireland)

Mince ranked by protein density

Showing the top 50 of the 75 mince 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 mince numbers show

Median across all 75 of them is 10.1g of protein per 100 calories. 38 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 37 to 419 per 100g inside this one group, an 11-fold spread, so “mince” 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 14g of protein per 100 calories across 52 products, against 4g for the 23 name-brand ones.

What to actually pick

Most of this group already clears the benchmark, so the decision is price and taste rather than macros. Lidl Birchwood Farm Fresh Turkey Breast Mince 480g tops the table at 23.2g of protein per 100 calories.

10 of the 75 carry 400 calories or more per 100g — the ones worth weighing rather than eyeballing.

Where this fits

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 mince 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 Round Steak Mince 500g

12.4g protein / 100kcal

SuperValu Savoury Mince Meal Mix 39g

2.5g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores Made Christmas 9 All Butter Mini Mince Pies 205g

0.9g protein / 100kcal

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