Calories in Vegetables (Ireland)

Vegetables ranked by protein density

Showing the top 50 of the 395 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.

What the vegetables numbers show

395 of the 404 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 4.6g of protein per 100 calories. 30 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 900 per 100g inside this one group, a 45-fold spread, so “vegetables” 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 4.6g of protein per 100 calories across 208 products, against 4.5g for the 187 name-brand ones.

The chains are not equal on this: Dunnes Stores runs a median of 6g of protein per 100 calories across its 32 own-label vegetables products, Lidl 3.3g across 75.

What to actually pick

Most of what is sold as vegetables is not a protein food. The 30 that clear 10g per 100 calories sit at the top of the table and are the exceptions, not the rule.

15 of the 395 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: Dunnes Stores Vegetables covers 32 products, and everything else Dunnes Stores 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 free calorie tracker.

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

13g protein / 100kcal

SuperValu Baby Leaf Spinach Washed & Ready To Eat 200g

9.3g protein / 100kcal

Dunnes Stores Freshly Prepared Carrot, Cauliflower & Broccoli 500g

7.6g protein / 100kcal

Supervalu Country Mix Vegetables 500g

6.1g protein / 100kcal

Tesco British Mushy Peas 300g

6g protein / 100kcal

Tesco Tuna & Sweetcorn Pasta 300g

4.1g protein / 100kcal

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