Calories in Rice (Ireland)

Rice ranked by protein density

Showing the top 50 of the 374 rice 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 rice numbers show

374 of the 376 rice 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 2.3g of protein per 100 calories. 2 clear 10g of protein per 100 calories — about one in 187, and 10g is the line Keith uses for a food that pays for its calories.

Calories run from 26 to 550 per 100g inside this one group, a 21-fold spread, so “rice” on its own tells you almost nothing about what a portion costs you.

Name brands do lead this one: 2.4g of protein per 100 calories at the median across 175 products, against 2.3g for the 199 own-label ones.

The chains are not equal on this: Lidl runs a median of 4.4g of protein per 100 calories across its 77 own-label rice products, Dunnes Stores 2g across 25.

What to actually pick

Most of what is sold as rice is not a protein food. The 2 that clear 10g per 100 calories sit at the top of the table and are the exceptions, not the rule.

70 of the 374 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 Rice covers 77 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 free calorie tracker.

Real rice 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.

Lidl Chef Select Thai Green Chicken Curry with Jasmine Rice 380g

8g protein / 100kcal

SuperValu Express Egg Rice 250g

2.4g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores Microwave Vegetable Rice Pouch 250g

2.1g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores Pilau Rice 250g

2.1g protein / 100kcal

Centra Rice Krunchies Cereal 440g

2g protein / 100kcal

SuperValu Express Wholegrain Rice 250g

2g protein / 100kcal

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