Vegetables: typically 100 calories per 100g. Individual products range from 20 to 800 per 100g.

Real label figures, compiled from on-pack data and Open Food Facts — last checked 2026-09-18.

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Vegetables ranked by protein density

Productkcal/100gProtein/100kcalCarbs/100kcalFat/100kcal
Icon Meals Chicken (4 oz, broccoli (4 oz), sweet potato (2 oz)23515.6g6.2g1.7g
M&S Chicken Breast stuffed with spinach11915.1g3.5g2.9g
Aldi Nature's Pick Watercress, Spinach & Rocket Salad 80g2114.8g2.4g3.3g
Ardo Chopped Spinach Mini-Tablets 2500g2114.8g2.4g3.8g
Essential Waitrose Chopped Spinach 750g2214.1g2.3g3.6g
Dunnes Stores Broccoli Florets 240g2413g4.6g3.4g
Roma Chopped Spinach 395g2713g7g2.2g
Dunnes Stores Peppery Wild Rocket And Spinach Leaves2112.9g2.4g3.3g
BistroMD Berbere chicken with lentils and carrots8612.8g7.5g1.7g
Lidl Oaklands Unwashed Baby Leaf Spinach 450g3012.7g8g2g
Tesco Tenderstem Broccoli 80g4212.7g9.4g1.9g
Aldi Broccoli3412.6g9.4g1.8g
SuperValu Spinach 600g2512.4g2.4g3.2g
BistroMD Spinach and feta chicken7612g5.9g3g
Avoca Roasted Chicken & Vegetable Broth7011.9g4g3.9g
Lidl Oaklands Broccoli 300g3411.8g9.4g1.8g
Dunnes Stores Tender Baby Spinach Leaves 150g2411.7g6.2g3.3g
Lidl Oaklands Broccoli 500g3811.6g4.7g2.4g
Tesco Tenderstem Broccoli3811.6g4.7g2.4g
Tesco Tenderstem Broccoli Tips 120g3811.6g4.7g2.4g
Bonduelle Chopped Spinach in Water, Salt Added 395g3411.5g1.8g2.6g
Jewel Wild salmon, burger with spinach, and Sarah27011.5g5.2g3.7g
Ross Chopped Spinach 1kg2711.5g1.9g3g
Fuel your body Beef burger broccoli mix with Herne29611.4g5.2g3.7g
Lidl Freshona Broccoli Florets 1kg3911.3g4.6g2.3g
PUREPOWER nutrition Slow Cooked Diced Steak with Spinach Coated Baby Potatoes 400g7911.1g10.3g1.8g
Vicky’s Kitchen Organic Broccoli Cheddar Stuffed Chicken Breast21011g2.9g4.3g
pret eggs and spinach10411g2.3g5.1g
Lidl Deluxe Tenderstem Broccoli 200g3510.9g8g0.6g
Lidl Oaklands Broccoli 200g3510.9g7.7g0.6g
Lidl Oaklands Tenderstem Broccoli 200g3510.9g8g0.6g
Centra Broccoli 350g4010.8g8g1.5g
Tesco Broccoli 375g4010.8g8g1.5g
Quorn Spinach & Red Pepper Slices 100g14110.6g3g4.2g
BistroMD Bbq chicken with spinach and corn12210.5g8.5g2.4g
Taj Frozen Chopped Spinach 450g2210.5g12.7g0.9g
Gourmetfuel.Com Mediterranean Chicken And Broccoli12310.4g4.2g4.6g
Gourmetfuel.com Dijon Chicken With Bacon & Spinach21310.4g0.6g6.2g
95 Nutrition Beef and Broccoli12210.3g9.7g2g
Factor meals Roasted garlic chicken and green beans with yukon cauliflower mash43010.2g6.7g3.7g
Fuelyourbody Reis-Broccoli-Chicken10110.1g12.4g1.1g
M&S Collection Slow Cooked Lamb Shanks & Root Vegetables12310.1g3.8g4.7g
D'Aucy Chopped Spinach 395g3010g6g2g
Dunnes Stores Tenderstem Broccoli 200g4310g7.4g1.4g
Dunnes Stores Tenderstem Broccoli Tips 140g4310g7.2g1.6g
Green Isle Broccoli Florets2510g7.2g2.4g
Tesco Watercress Spinach & Rocket 80g2510g4g3.2g
Batchelors Garden Peas in Water 300g419.8g12g1.5g
My Food Bag Seared, market, fish, and Leondale sour cream with crushed piece and broccoli4089.8g4.3g4.1g
TRS Chopped Spinach 395g319.7g5.8g1.9g

Showing the top 50 of the 629 vegetables 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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What the vegetables numbers show

629 of the 643 vegetables 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. 47 clear 10g of protein per 100 calories — about one in 13, and 10g is the line Keith uses for a food that pays for its calories.

Calories run from 20 to 800 per 100g inside this one group, a 40-fold spread, so “vegetables” on its own tells you almost nothing about what a portion costs you.

Name brands do lead this one: 4.5g of protein per 100 calories at the median across 395 products, against 4.1g for the 234 own-label ones.

The chains are not equal on this: SuperValu runs a median of 5.4g of protein per 100 calories across its 26 own-label vegetables products, Lidl 3.3g across 77.

What to actually pick

Most of what is sold as vegetables is not a protein food. The 47 that clear 10g per 100 calories sit at the top of the table and are the exceptions, not the rule.

20 of the 629 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: SuperValu Vegetables covers 26 products, and everything else SuperValu sells sits alongside it.

Front-of-pack claims on this stuff rarely match the back, so scan it with the label checker.

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 vegetables 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.

Dunnes Stores Broccoli Florets 240g
Dunnes Stores Broccoli Florets 240g
13g protein / 100kcal
SuperValu Baby Leaf Spinach Washed & Ready To Eat 200g
SuperValu Baby Leaf Spinach Washed & Ready To Eat 200g
9.3g protein / 100kcal
Dunnes Stores Garden Peas 1080g
Dunnes Stores Garden Peas 1080g
7.9g protein / 100kcal
Dunnes Stores Freshly Prepared Carrot, Cauliflower & Broccoli 500g
Dunnes Stores Freshly Prepared Carrot, Cauliflower & Broccoli 500g
7.6g protein / 100kcal
Tesco Chef Style Vegetable Selection 350g
Tesco Chef Style Vegetable Selection 350g
6.4g protein / 100kcal
Supervalu Country Mix Vegetables 500g
Supervalu Country Mix Vegetables 500g
6.1g protein / 100kcal

Vegetables by store

FAQ

How many vegetables products are in this database?

We track 643 vegetables products across Irish supermarkets and brands. 629 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.

What's the most protein-dense vegetables product?

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 4.2g per 100 calories and 47 products clear 10g — that tells you whether vegetables is worth buying for protein at all, which protein per 100g does not.