Calories in Sandwiches (Ireland)

Sandwiches ranked by protein density

Showing the top 50 of the 134 sandwiches 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 sandwiches numbers show

134 of the 135 sandwiches 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 4.2g of protein per 100 calories. Exactly one clears 10g of protein per 100 calories, which is the line Keith uses for a food that pays for its calories.

Calories run from 98 to 539 per 100g inside this one group, a 6-fold spread, so “sandwiches” 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 4.7g of protein per 100 calories across 36 products, against 4g for the 98 name-brand ones.

What to actually pick

Most of what is sold as sandwiches is not a protein food. Exactly one product clears 10g per 100 calories, and it sits at the top of the table — an exception, not a rule to shop by.

35 of the 134 carry 400 calories or more per 100g — the ones worth weighing rather than eyeballing.

Where this fits

If the real question is what to put on the plate, there is a week of Irish meals with the numbers already done.

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.

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