Protein-per-Calorie Ranked Dishes
511 menu items from four providers (Nü 137, Kauai 118, Woolworths 152, Frozen For You 104), ranked by protein per calorie, highest first. 492 items have a full nutrition table; the rest show no values because the source page lists none. All values are per serving , taken from each provider’s own product pages (nufood.co.za, kauai.co.za, woolworths.co.za, frozenforyou.co.za). Use the Provider dropdown or the Provider column filter to narrow to one brand.
Last updated 2026-06-24 15:30 SAST.
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Protein-per-calorie = protein (g) ÷ energy (kcal), shown as grams of protein per 100 kcal. Energy in kcal is taken from each page's stated kCal value where present, otherwise converted from kilojoules (kJ ÷ 4.184). Click a column title to sort (click again to reverse). Type in the box under any heading to filter that column - numeric columns accept expressions like >20, <5, or 10-30. Protein-per-calorie is computed identically for all four providers. Kauai, Frozen For You and Woolworths list energy in kilojoules only, so kcal is derived as kJ ÷ 4.184. For the 6 Kauai items sold with two bases (e.g. regular vs low-carb wrap, low-GI vs rye toast) each base is listed as its own row, with the base shown in brackets. A handful of Kauai drinks (coffees, teas, the Sriracha Chicken page) and two Nü items have blank nutrition tables on their source pages, so they appear without values. Frozen For You bundles, meal plans, gift cards and packaging (no nutrition table) are excluded. Woolworths items are the ready meals from woolworths.co.za/browse/food-south-africa/ready-meals (152 of the 208 listed); bare components are excluded - fresh/filled pasta sold to be cooked and sauced (ravioli, girasoli, gnocchi, tortelloni, fettuccine, etc.), standalone sauces, pizza bases, plain egg/udon noodles, butter rotis and naan breads, raw soup mixes, vegan rounds, and the Babes baby-food range. Three Woolworths items (Seven Colours Beef Short Rib, the Beef Bourguignon Style Soup and the twin-pack Cheese & Tomato Pizza) have no usable nutrition table on their source pages, so they appear without values.