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Beans and lentils in the US: price per gram of protein

11 products ranked by what 100 g of protein costs, from $1.87.

Lowest cost on this list

Lentil Beans (dry brown lentils)

Kroger · Kroger.com

$1.87 per 100 g of protein

  • $2.19 for 16 oz dry
  • 117 g of protein in the pack
  • 74% below the median of 52 products
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Beans and lentils, cheapest protein first
ProductPackPriceProtein in packCost per 100 g proteinSource
Lentil Beans (dry brown lentils)Kroger · Kroger.com
16 oz dry $2.19 117 g $1.87 Retailer pageRead 2026-10-26
Notes

Kroger.com, store context Rolla MO pickup (prices vary by store). Dry weight; 9 g protein per 1/4 cup dry.

Whole Green Lentils (dry)Trader Joe's · Trader Joe's
16 oz dry $1.99 100 g $1.99 Retailer pageRead 2026-10-26
Notes

Trader Joe's website; price as listed on the page (may vary by store). 'Serves about 10'; dry weight.

Organic Dry Green LentilsSimple Truth · Kroger.com
16 oz dry $3.79 117 g $3.24 Retailer pageRead 2026-10-26
Notes

Kroger.com, store context Rolla MO pickup (prices vary by store). Dry weight; 9 g protein per 1/4 cup dry. 'About' servings figure from the panel.

Black BeansKroger · Kroger.com
15.25 oz can $1.00 28 g $3.57 Retailer pageRead 2026-10-26
Notes

Kroger.com, store context Rolla MO pickup (prices vary by store). Regular price shown; page also showed $0.89 sale. 'About' servings figure from the panel.

Organic Low Sodium Garbanzo BeansSimple Truth · Kroger.com
15 oz can $1.19 21 g $5.67 Retailer pageRead 2026-10-26
Notes

Kroger.com, store context Rolla MO pickup (prices vary by store). 'About' servings figure from the panel.

Organic Frozen Mukimame (shelled edamame)Simple Truth · Kroger.com
12 oz frozen $2.39 40 g $5.98 Retailer pageRead 2026-10-26
Notes

Kroger.com, store context Rolla MO pickup (prices vary by store).

Organic Low Sodium Garbanzo Beans, 4 packSimple Truth · Kroger.com
4 x 15 oz cans $4.69 78 g $6.01 Retailer pageRead 2026-10-26
Notes

Kroger.com, store context Rolla MO pickup (prices vary by store). 'About' servings figure from the panel. Pack weight is 4 x 15 oz from title.

Black BeansBush's · Kroger.com
15 oz can $1.49 24 g $6.21 Retailer pageRead 2026-10-26
Notes

Kroger.com, store context Rolla MO pickup (prices vary by store). Regular price shown; page also showed $1.25 sale. Serving 1/2 cup (grams not on panel). 'About' servings figure from the panel.

Steamed LentilsTrader Joe's · Trader Joe's
17.6 oz $3.29 50 g $6.58 Retailer pageRead 2026-10-26
Notes

Trader Joe's website; price as listed on the page (may vary by store).

ChickpeasBush's · Kroger.com
15.5 oz can $1.49 21 g $7.10 Retailer pageRead 2026-10-26
Notes

Kroger.com, store context Rolla MO pickup (prices vary by store). Regular price shown; page also showed $1.25 sale. 'About' servings figure from the panel.

Shelled Edamame with Sea SaltTrader Joe's · Trader Joe's
9 oz $3.99 27 g $14.78 Retailer pageRead 2026-10-26
Notes

Trader Joe's website; price as listed on the page (may vary by store).

Scope: 52 products ranked, by retailer: Kroger.com 45 (one store context: Rolla MO pickup), Trader Joe's 6, MyProtein US 1. Prices read Oct 26, 2026; store prices vary, so this is a sample and not a store-wide or national price index. 16 Costco.com items whose page reported out of stock are not ranked.

What the numbers show for beans and lentils

  • $1.87cheapest per 100 g
  • $5.98median per 100 g
  • $14.78priciest per 100 g
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11 products in this category from 2 retailers. The cheapest source of protein is Lentil Beans (dry brown lentils) at Kroger.com ($1.87 per 100 g of protein); the priciest is Shelled Edamame with Sea Salt ($14.78). The median is $5.98, against $7.22 across all categories.

Five cheapest products

  • Lentil Beans (dry brown lentils)Kroger.com$1.87
  • Whole Green Lentils (dry)Trader Joe's$1.99
  • Organic Dry Green LentilsKroger.com$3.24
  • Black BeansKroger.com$3.57
  • Organic Low Sodium Garbanzo BeansKroger.com$5.67

Trust and safety record

Public records about the retailers and brands on this page, each with its source and the date we accessed it (Oct 26, 2026). They are not ratings or endorsements, and a brand missing here is not a clean bill of health: the search was done once and is not exhaustive. How we use these sources, and their limits.

Retailers

Kroger

Apple App Store, “Kroger” (The Kroger Co.): 4.77 average from 1,309,221 ratings, accessed Oct 26, 2026. Rating is for the mobile app, not the business. App Store page.

FDA enforcement report: at least 100 records whose product description contains “Kroger” (64 classified Class I, 32 Class II), dated 2012-06-27 to 2026-08-19. A record is one product entry in the FDA’s enforcement report, and one recall event usually produces many records; it describes a past recall classification, not the product on sale today. FDA records are mostly third-party suppliers recalling product sold under/at Kroger; query capped at 100 of 192 total. openFDA query, accessed Oct 26, 2026.

Reviews elsewhere (links only): Trustpilot · BBB · Google Play.

Trader Joe's

FDA enforcement report: 18 records whose product description contains “Trader Joe's” (8 classified Class I, 9 Class II), dated 2015-05-13 to 2024-03-20. A record is one product entry in the FDA’s enforcement report, and one recall event usually produces many records; it describes a past recall classification, not the product on sale today. openFDA query, accessed Oct 26, 2026.

Reviews elsewhere (links only): Trustpilot · BBB · Google Play.

FDA enforcement report records by brand

Each row counts records in the FDA’s enforcement report whose product description contains the brand name. A record is one product entry; a single recall event usually produces many records (class definitions: FDA recall classes). Records for a brand can describe a supplier or co-packer’s product sold under that name, and one match can be for a different product from the one ranked here. Records describe past recall classifications, not products on sale today.

FDA enforcement report records by brand
BrandRecordsClass IDatesSource
Simple Truth23102013-05-29 to 2026-08-19openFDA queryaccessed Oct 26, 2026
Bush's502017-08-30 to 2018-01-17openFDA queryaccessed Oct 26, 2026

Reviews elsewhere, links only: Trustpilot · BBB · Google Play · Amazon. We do not copy review text or scores from these sites.

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