Protein snacks
Chips, jerky, meat sticks, cookies, crackers and other packaged snacks sold on their protein.
Bench Facts
20 snacks, prices as of Oct 21, 2026
Median product
Best
Stryve80%Seapoint Edamame5.0¢Quest Original Chips4.60Rankings
Each list is sorted best first. Hover a snack to find it in the other lists.
Protein concentration
Share of calories from protein. Higher is better.
Taste
Customer rating out of 5, adjusted for review count. Higher is better. Axis starts above zero.
Cost per gram of protein
What one gram of protein costs at regular retail price. Lower is better.
Protein grades
20 snacks. Grades place the median against all products.
Winners
of 20 snacksTrade-offs
Products in the shaded corner beat the category median on both axes. The line joins the products nothing else beats on both.
- Snacks
- Whole foods, for reference
- Best trade-offs: nothing else is better on both axes
- Better than the median on both axes
Protein concentration vs. cost per gram
Protein concentration, % of calories
Cost per gram of protein, log scale
Taste vs. cost per gram
Taste rating
Cost per gram of protein, log scale
Taste vs. protein concentration
Taste rating
Protein concentration, % of calories
Leaderboard
Every number per labeled serving, at regular retail price.
| # | Type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stryve Thinly Sliced Steak Biltong Original | biltong | 32 g | 160 | 80% | 30.9¢ | $9.88 | 4.26 4.0★ from 64 |
| 2 | People's Choice Old Fashioned Beef Jerky Original | jerky | 18 g | 100 | 72% | 13.2¢ | $2.37 | 4.01 4.0★ from 7,060 |
| 3 | Twin Peaks Protein Puffs Nacho Cheese | puffs | 21 g | 130 | 65% | 12.9¢ | $2.70 | 3.42 3.4★ from 5,835 |
| 4 | EPIC Provisions Baked Pork Rinds Pink Himalayan & Sea Salt Incomplete protein (collagen) | pork rinds | 11 g | 70 | 63% | 7.7¢ | $0.85 | 4.11 4.1★ from 4,735 |
| 5 | Crisp Power Protein Pretzels Everything | pretzels | 28 g | 190 | 59% | 11.9¢ | $3.33 | 4.04 4.0★ from 915 |
| 6 | Quest Nutrition Original Style Protein Chips BBQ | chips | 19 g | 140 | 54% | 12.5¢ | $2.37 | 4.60 4.6★ from 7,561 |
| 7 | Jack Link's Beef Jerky Original | jerky | 10 g | 80 | 50% | 33.3¢ | $3.33 | 4.59 4.6★ from 1,453 |
| 8 | Quest Nutrition Tortilla Style Protein Chips Nacho Cheese | chips | 18 g | 150 | 48% | 11.5¢ | $2.07 | 4.50 4.5★ from 24,818 |
| 9 | Legendary Foods Protein Pastry Brown Sugar Cinnamon | pastry | 20 g | 180 | 44% | 17.2¢ | $3.45 | 4.48 4.5★ from 209 |
| 10 | Seapoint Farms Dry Roasted Edamame Sea Salt | roasted legumes | 14 g | 130 | 43% | 5.0¢ | $0.70 | 4.30 4.3★ from 13,293 |
| 11 | Chomps Grass-Fed Beef Snack Stick Original Beef | meat stick | 10 g | 100 | 40% | 25.6¢ | $2.56 | 4.50 4.5★ from 11,187 |
| 12 | Legendary Foods Protein Sweet Roll Cinnamon | pastry | 22 g | 230 | 38% | 16.8¢ | $3.70 | 4.03 4.0★ from 1,497 |
| 13 | Archer Grass-Fed Beef Stick Original | meat stick | 8 g | 90 | 36% | 27.4¢ | $2.19 | 4.40 4.4★ from 702 |
| 14 | Whisps Parmesan Cheese Crisps Parmesan | cheese snack | 13 g | 160 | 33% | 14.9¢ | $1.94 | 4.40 4.4★ from 7,375 |
| 15 | 4505 Meats Chicharrones Fried Pork Rinds Sea Salt Incomplete protein (collagen) | pork rinds | 7 g | 90 | 31% | 26.0¢ | $1.82 | 4.24 4.2★ from 399 |
| 16 | Quest Nutrition Cheese Crackers Cheddar Blast | crackers | 10 g | 130 | 31% | 18.4¢ | $1.83 | 4.40 4.4★ from 6,548 |
| 17 | Wilde Protein Chips Buffalo | chips | 13 g | 200 | 26% | 28.8¢ | $3.74 | 4.53 4.6★ from 157 |
| 18 | Quest Nutrition Protein Cookie Chocolate Chip | cookie | 15 g | 240 | 25% | 13.9¢ | $2.08 | 4.30 4.3★ from 24,062 |
| 19 | Jack Link's Beef Sticks Original | meat stick | 5 g | 120 | 17% | 20.0¢ | $1.00 | 4.45 4.5★ from 64 |
| 20 | Lenny & Larry's The Complete Cookie Chocolate Chip | cookie | 8 g | 220 | 15% | 12.8¢ | $1.02 | 4.50 4.5★ from 4,768 |