Beef Jerky vs Protein Bar: What Should You Choose?

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 cames from fat and in protein bar from protein.

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

Beef jerky And Protein bar Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  beef jerky - 18% more than protein bar
• Carbohydrates:
  protein bar - 495% more than beef jerky
• Fat:
  beef jerky - 335% more than protein bar
• Dietary fiber:
  protein bar - 311% more than beef jerky
• Protein:
  beef jerky - 126% more than protein bar
• Water:
  beef jerky - 112% more than protein bar

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More protein in beef jerky

It is aslo easy to see see that in beef jerky is more protein than in protein bar.

There is 14.71g per 100g of protein bar and 33.2g per 100g of beef jerky so using simple math we can see that difference is about 126%.

Less carbohydrates in beef jerky

In beef jerky is less carbohydrates than in protein bar.

There is 65.44g/100g of carbohydrates in protein bar and 11g/100g in beef jerky so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 495%.

More fat in beef jerky

In beef jerky is more fats than in protein bar.

The tables above show us that there is 5.88g/100g of fats in protein bar and 25.6g/100g in beef jerky. In this case difference is about 335%.