131 mince products sold in Irish supermarkets, ranked by protein per 100 calories.
Mince: typically 132 calories per 100g. Individual products range from 29 to 400 per 100g. Best for protein per calorie: LIDL Irish turkey breast mince 400 g, at 23.2g 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIDL Irish turkey breast mince 400 g | 105 | 23.2g | 0.1g | 0.8g |
| Lidl Birchwood Farm Fresh Turkey Breast Mince 480g | 105 | 23.2g | 0.1g | 0.8g |
| Dunnes Stores Irish Turkey Breast Mince 305g | 105 | 22.9g | 0g | 0.8g |
| SuperValu Irish Turkey Mince 370g | 105 | 22.9g | 0.5g | 0.8g |
| SuperValu Turkey Breast Mince 300g | 105 | 22.9g | 0.5g | 0.8g |
| Lidl Birchwood Extra Lean Turkey Breast Mince 400g | 145 | 22.3g | 0g | 1.2g |
| Lidl Birchwood Farm Fresh Turkey Breast Mince 400g | 108 | 22.2g | 0g | 1.2g |
| Hogan's farm Turkey breast mince | 112 | 22g | 0.2g | 1.2g |
| Aldi Irish Lean Beef Mince | 157 | 21g | 0.3g | 1.7g |
| Checkers Extra lean mince | 112 | 20.9g | 0.5g | 1.5g |
| Simply Better Dunnes Stores Low Fat Beef Mince | 110 | 20g | 0.5g | 1.8g |
| Lidl Lean 3% Beef Mince 454g | 116 | 19.8g | 0.1g | 2.3g |
| 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 |
| Tesco 3% Lean Beef Mince | 114 | 19.2g | 0.4g | 2.4g |
| Lidl Vemondo Plant Meat Free Mince 375g | 99 | 18.7g | 2.8g | 0.1g |
| Lidl Vemondo Plant! Meat Free Mince 375g | 99 | 18.6g | 2.8g | 0.4g |
| Fit food 96% Lean Mince | 122 | 18.5g | 0g | 2.9g |
| Centra Irish Extra Lean Steak Mince | 120 | 18.3g | 0g | 3g |
| Inishella Beef Mince | 120 | 18.3g | 0g | 3g |
| Sleedagh Farm Pettitt’s Extra Lean Beef Steak Mince Less Than 5% Fat | 120 | 18.3g | 0g | 3g |
| Aldi Lean Pork Mince 500 g | 121 | 18.2g | 0.4g | 3g |
| Centra Extra Lean Irish Beef Mince 330g | 121 | 18.2g | 0.4g | 3g |
| SuperValu Extra Lean Beef Steak Mince 400g | 121 | 18.2g | 0.4g | 3g |
| SuperValu Irish Extra Lean Beef Steak Mince 400g | 121 | 18.2g | 0.4g | 3g |
| Tesco Beef Mince 5% Fat 380g | 122 | 17.7g | 0g | 3.3g |
| Tesco Finest Certified Irish Angus Lean Beef Steak Mince | 122 | 17.7g | 0g | 3.3g |
| Tesco Irish Lean Beef Steak Mince | 123 | 17.6g | 0.2g | 3.3g |
| lidl Lean round mince 800 g | 124 | 17.6g | 0.1g | 3.2g |
| Inisvale Irish extra lean steak mince | 125 | 17.2g | 0.1g | 3.4g |
| Lidl Birchwood Grass Fed British Lean Beef Steak Mince 600g | 127 | 17.2g | 0.1g | 3.3g |
| Lidl Birchwood Grass Fed Lean Beef Steak Mince 1kg | 127 | 17.2g | 0.1g | 3.3g |
| Tesco Irish Lean Beaf Steak Mince 5% fat | 127 | 17.2g | 0.3g | 3.3g |
| Dunnes Lean Beef Steak Mince | 129 | 17.1g | 0.4g | 3.3g |
| Dunnes Stores Simply Better Irish Angus Lean Beef Steak Mince Twin Pack 700g | 129 | 17.1g | 0.4g | 3.3g |
| Lidl Lean Round Beef Mince | 126 | 17.1g | 0.1g | 3.4g |
| Tesco 5% Beef mince | 127 | 17.1g | 0.3g | 3.3g |
| Tesco Steak Beef Mince | 127 | 17.1g | 0.3g | 3.3g |
| Tesco Steak Mince 5% Fat | 127 | 17.1g | 0.3g | 3.3g |
| Aldi Organic Irish Lean Round steak mince 380 g | 129 | 16.9g | 0.1g | 3.5g |
| Lidl 100% irish lean pork mince 500g | 126 | 16.9g | 0.1g | 3.6g |
| Specially Selected Irish Black Angus Lean Beef Steak Mince 454 g | 130 | 16.9g | 0.4g | 3.6g |
| Lidl Birchwood Lean Beef Steak Mince 750g | 130 | 16.8g | 0g | 3.2g |
| Tesco Lean Beef Steak Mince 750g | 124 | 16.8g | 0g | 3.6g |
| BUTCHERS SELECTION LEAN STEAK MINCE | 132 | 16.7g | 0.2g | 3.6g |
| M&S 5% Irish Beef Mince | 132 | 16.6g | 0g | 3.7g |
| Tesco Irish Beef Lean Steak Mince 500 g | 132 | 16.6g | 0g | 3.7g |
| Delux Irish Angus Beef Mince 5% | 124 | 16.5g | 0g | 3.6g |
| Lidl Deluxe Lean Beef Steak Mince 650g | 124 | 16.5g | 0.1g | 3.6g |
| Irish Prime Irish Lean Beef Mince | 132 | 16.3g | 0.5g | 3.6g |
Showing the top 50 of the 131 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, last checked 2026-09-18.
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Median across all 131 of them is 15.5g of protein per 100 calories. 101 clear 10g of protein per 100 calories — most of them, and 10g is the line Keith uses for a food that pays for its calories.
Calories run from 29 to 400 per 100g inside this one group, a 14-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 15.7g of protein per 100 calories across 83 products, against 12.3g for the 48 name-brand ones.
Lidl is the only Irish chain with enough own-label mince to compare fairly — 26 products at a median of 16.6g per 100 calories. Everywhere else this is a name-brand shelf.
Most of this group already clears the benchmark, so the decision is price and taste rather than macros. LIDL Irish turkey breast mince 400 g tops the table at 23.2g of protein per 100 calories.
1 of the 131 carry 400 calories or more per 100g — the ones worth weighing rather than eyeballing.
Only one chain carries enough of this own-label to break out separately, so Lidl Mince 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 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 131 mince products across Irish supermarkets and brands. 131 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 15.5g per 100 calories and 101 products clear 10g — that tells you whether mince is worth buying for protein at all, which protein per 100g does not.
