Beef jerky vs Protein bar: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Beef jerky has 410 kcal and Protein bar has 346 kcal, so Protein bar has 16% fewer calories.

Beef jerky has more protein (33.2 g vs 14.7 g). Protein bar has more fiber (7.4 g vs 1.8 g). Beef jerky has more fat (25.6 g vs 5.88 g). Relative to calories, Beef jerky is the better protein source (8.1 g vs 4.25 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Beef jerky - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Beef jerky - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Beef Jerky
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Protein Bar
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Beef Jerky vs Protein Bar 100g Compare


per 100gBeef jerkyProtein bar
Calories410 346
Carbohydrates11 g65.44 g
Fat25.6 g5.88 g
Dietary fiber1.8 g7.4 g
Protein33.2 g14.71 g
Water23.36 g11 g
Calcium20 mg368 mg
Iron5.42 mg6.62 mg
Magnessium51 mg147 mg
Potassium597 mg412 mg
Sodium1785 mg195 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.154 mg0.551 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.142 mg0.375 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)1.732 mg4.412 mg
Vitaminium B60.179 mg0.588 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.134 µg0.118 µg
Vitaminium E0.49 mg0.24 mg
Vitaminium K0.002 µg0.037 µg

More Calories in Beef jerky

At first glance, you can see that in beef jerky is more calories than in protein bar.

Beef jerky has 410 kcal per 100g and protein bar 346 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 18%.

Additionally, it is also easy to notice that most of the calories in beef jerky comes from fat and in protein bar from protein.

See tables below to compare beef jerky with protein bar in details.

Beef jerky 100g

410kcal

Calories source

  • 11% CARBS.
  • 33% PROTEIN
  • 57% FAT

Protein bar 100g

346kcal

Calories source

  • 70% CARBS
  • 16% PROTEIN
  • 14% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.