34 Tesco salad products, ranked by protein per 100 calories.
| Product | kcal/100g | Protein/100kcal | Carbs/100kcal | Fat/100kcal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesco Reduced Fat Salad Cheese 200g | 163 | 10.2g | 2g | 5.7g |
| Tesco Baby Leaf Salad 90g | 21 | 8.6g | 11.4g | 1.9g |
| Tesco Chicken Caesar Salad 185g | 152 | 7.6g | 5.1g | 5.3g |
| Tesco Chicken Salad | 162 | 7.2g | 13.5g | 1.6g |
| Tesco Crisp Side Salad 128g | 52 | 7.1g | 7.3g | 3.7g |
| Tesco Giant Cous Cous, Spicy Chicken, Honeydew Melon & Romanesco Cauliflower Salad 320g | 117 | 6.9g | 10.7g | 3.1g |
| Tesco Beetroot Salad 160g | 32 | 6.5g | 12g | 1.2g |
| Tesco Creamfields Greek Style Salad Cheese 200g | 267 | 6.5g | 0.7g | 7.9g |
| Tesco Summer Edition Party Salad 455g | 24 | 5.4g | 13.7g | 1.2g |
| Tesco Chopped Asian Inspired Salad Kit 295g | 103 | 4.9g | 9g | 4.3g |
| Tesco Romaine Salad 200g | 25 | 4.8g | 13.2g | 1.2g |
| Tesco Sweet & Crunchy Salad 250g | 23 | 3.5g | 14.8g | 1.3g |
| Tesco Chopped Sweet Kale Salad Kit 230g | 111 | 3.4g | 12.3g | 3.6g |
| Tesco Caesar Salad Kit 250g | 138 | 2.5g | 5.7g | 7.3g |
| Tesco Greek Salad with Kalamata Olives 185g | 116 | 2.4g | 4g | 8.1g |
| Tesco Chopped Caesar Salad Kit 260g | 174 | 2.2g | 3.7g | 8.4g |
| Tesco American Style Chopped Ranch Salad Kit 240g | 94 | 1.7g | 6.2g | 7.6g |
| Tesco Chopped Ranch Salad Bowl Kit 150g | 162 | 1.5g | 6.3g | 7.5g |
| Tesco Mexican Style Chopped Chipotle Salad Kit 240g | 108 | 1.5g | 7.1g | 7.1g |
| Tesco Indian Style Chopped Sweet Mango Salad Kit 240g | 102 | 1.4g | 11.7g | 5.1g |
| Tesco Simple Side Salad 165g | 84 | 1.4g | 5g | 7.9g |
| Tesco Greek Style Chopped Mixed Greens Salad Kit 240g | 122 | 1.3g | 5.3g | 8.1g |
| Tesco Beetroot Salad 300g | 49 | 1.2g | 18g | 1.6g |
| Tesco Chopped Chipotle Salad Bowl Kit 150g | 167 | 1.2g | 6.5g | 7.5g |
| Tesco Crunchy Coleslaw Kit with Mayonnaise 300g | 89 | 0.9g | 5.6g | 7.8g |
| Tesco Reduced Fat Coleslaw 300g | 107 | 0.7g | 4.8g | 8.3g |
| Tesco Coleslaw 180g | 155 | 0.6g | 3.4g | 9.2g |
| Tesco Salad Cream 450ml | 208 | 0.6g | 7.6g | 7.4g |
| Tesco Finest Coleslaw 300g | 215 | 0.5g | 2.5g | 9.6g |
Showing the top 29 of the 29 Tesco salad products that carry a comparable calorie figure, ranked by protein per 100 calories.
Median across the 29 Tesco salad products with usable figures is 2.4g of protein per 100 calories. That is level with the 2.1g median for salad across all 307 products in the database, chains and name brands together.
Exactly one clears 10g of protein per 100 calories, which is the line Keith uses for a food that pays for its calories.
Of the three chains carrying enough salad to compare, Tesco has the strongest own-label range; Lidl the weakest.
The best Tesco option here reaches 10.2g of protein per 100 calories; somewhere in the wider salad group something reaches 14.8g, so Tesco is not where the ceiling is.
Calories run from 21 to 267 per 100g across the Tesco salad range, a 13-fold spread, so “Tesco salad” on its own tells you almost nothing about what a portion costs you.
Most of what is sold as salad 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.
Nothing in here passes 400 calories per 100g, so portion size matters less than it does in the snack aisles.
Salad across every Irish store is the wider group this sits in, and everything else Tesco sells is the other half of the comparison.
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 item rather than a shortlist, the 20,000-product database is searchable on Calories in Ireland and built into the free calorie tracker.
We track 34 Tesco salad products with full label figures. 29 of them carry 20 calories or more per 100g, so those are the ones ranked and averaged here; 1 clear 10g of protein per 100 calories.
On protein per calorie alone, Tesco's median is 2.4g against 2.1g for salad across every chain and brand we track. That is one number out of several — price and taste are not in this database — but it is the one nobody prints on the shelf.