Calories in Pasta (Ireland)

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Pasta ranked by protein density

Showing the top 50 of the 983 pasta 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.

What the pasta numbers show

983 of the 987 pasta 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 3.6g of protein per 100 calories. 11 clear 10g of protein per 100 calories — about one in 89, and 10g is the line Keith uses for a food that pays for its calories.

Calories run from 26 to 670 per 100g inside this one group, a 26-fold spread, so “pasta” 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 3.7g of protein per 100 calories across 249 products, against 3.6g for the 734 name-brand ones.

The chains are not equal on this: Lidl runs a median of 3.8g of protein per 100 calories across its 89 own-label pasta products, SuperValu 3.3g across 48.

What to actually pick

Most of what is sold as pasta is not a protein food. The 11 that clear 10g per 100 calories sit at the top of the table and are the exceptions, not the rule.

16 of the 983 carry 400 calories or more per 100g — the ones worth weighing rather than eyeballing.

Where this fits

That chain-by-chain gap is why the biggest ranges get their own page: Lidl Pasta covers 89 products, and everything else Lidl sells sits alongside it.

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

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 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.

Supervalu Ham & Mushroom Tagliatelle 400g

4.2g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores Fresh Fusilli Egg Pasta 250g

3.9g protein / 100kcal

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

3.9g protein / 100kcal

SuperValu Spaghetti Carbonara 400g

3.8g protein / 100kcal

SuperValu Wholewheat Fusilli Pasta 500g

3.8g protein / 100kcal

SuperValu Wholewheat Penne 500g

3.8g protein / 100kcal

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