Best Budget Protein Bars

The cheaper half of the category — every product at or below the median cost per gram of protein — ranked by the same composite used on the full protein bars page.

Ranking

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1	Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough	7.75	100%	8.5	5.7	$0.116
2	Fudge Brownie	7.75	100%	8.5	5.7	$0.116
3	Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk	7.70	100%	8.5	5.7	$0.116
4	Chocolate Deluxe Protein Bar	7.23	100%	10.0	3.7	$0.085
5	Clif Builders Chocolate	7.00	100%	9.3	2.9	$0.095
6	Clif Builders Cookies Cream	7.00	100%	9.3	2.9	$0.095
7	Cookies Cream Protein Bar	6.85	75%	9.8	3.5	$0.089
8	Chewy Chocolate Chip Protein Bar	6.84	100%	9.8	2.8	$0.089
9	Chocolate Mint Cookie Protein Bars	6.84	100%	9.4	2.5	$0.094
10	Clif Builders Chocolate Peanut Butter	6.72	100%	9.3	2.8	$0.095
11	Barebells Creamy Crisp Protein Bar	6.25	100%	7.7	2.5	$0.129
12	Salty Peanut	6.24	100%	7.7	2.8	$0.129
13	Sundae Funday Overload Bar	6.22	100%	8.7	1.6	$0.097
14	Barebells Chocolate Dough Protein Bar	6.21	100%	7.7	2.5	$0.129
15	Barebells Caramel Cashew	6.19	100%	7.7	2.8	$0.129
16	Barebells Cookies Caramel	6.16	100%	7.7	2.3	$0.129
17	Barebells Cookies Cream Protein Bar	6.15	100%	7.7	2.8	$0.129
18	Barebells Key Lime Pie	5.99	100%	7.7	2.5	$0.129
19	Cookies & Cream Protein Bars	5.98	100%	6.4	3.2	$0.132
20	Peppermint Bark Protein Bar	5.89	100%	6.4	2.9	$0.132
21	S'Mores Protein Bars	5.85	100%	6.4	2.7	$0.132
22	Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Protein Bars	5.84	100%	6.4	2.9	$0.132
23	Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Protein Bars	5.68	100%	5.7	3.2	$0.139
24	Mint Chocolate Chunk Protein Bars	5.64	100%	5.7	2.9	$0.139
25	White Chocolate Raspberry Protein Bars	5.64	100%	5.7	2.9	$0.139
26	Blueberry Muffin Protein Bars	5.59	100%	5.7	2.9	$0.139
27	Lemon Cake Protein Bars	5.46	100%	5.7	2.7	$0.139
28	Apple Pie Protein Bars	5.45	100%	5.7	3.0	$0.139
29	Double Chocolate Chunk Protein Bars	5.38	100%	5.7	2.5	$0.139
30	Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bar	5.38	100%	5.7	2.5	$0.139
31	Nutty By Nature Overload Bar	5.34	100%	5.7	2.1	$0.139
32	Pumpkin Pie Protein Bar	5.33	100%	5.7	2.2	$0.139
33	Protein Crisp Bar	5.26	75%	7.9	2.2	$0.125
34	Birthday Cake Protein Bars	5.23	100%	5.7	2.2	$0.139
35	Cookie Commotion Overload Bar	5.20	100%	5.7	2.3	$0.139
36	Chocolate Explosion Overload Bar	5.10	100%	5.7	1.8	$0.139
37	Strawberry Shortcake Protein Bar	4.96	100%	5.7	2.0	$0.139
38	Salted Caramel Stacks Bars	4.88	100%	5.7	0.9	$0.139
39	Cinnamon Brown Sugar Stacks Bars	4.83	100%	5.7	0.9	$0.139

Click a column header to sort. not enough data means the number could not be verified from the label or price on record — never estimated.

How this ranking is built

These are the same composite scores as the full Protein Bars ranking — value math against the whole category, formula and dose auditing from the verified label — shown for the budget half of the category only. Nothing is re-scored for this page; see how we rate for the full method.