I tracked how much protein I get per dollar I spend

| Abram

Over the last 2 months I've been using Pantry religiously and tracking everything I ate. I used the data export feature to take my data to excel and see some stats. What I found was really interesting, here are some of the cheapest protein sources, and how many grams of protein you get per dollar.

  • Milk (2%) — 51g
  • Boiled eggs — 50g
  • Overnight oats — 44g
  • Chicken breast & rice — 30g
  • Chicken thighs — 27g
  • Protein shake — 27g
  • Chicken mix — 26g
  • Fiesta cheese — 25g
  • PB protein brownie — 18g
  • Light tuna pouch — 16g
  • Albacore tuna can — 15g
  • Protein bars — 14g
  • Bagels plain — 14g
  • Shrimp & rice & avocado — 9g
  • Hot chili w/ beans — 9g

This doesn’t account for calories which is something I’m working on integrating to the equation. maybe (protein / calorie) / dollar but this just rewards diet soda.

This is just data that came from the food I actually ate. There are lots of other great sources.