Complete Protein Bar Matrix: All 68 Products Compared (2026)

Every protein bar in our live catalog, all in one matrix. 68 bars across 18 brands, sorted by Value Score. Bars range from 12g of protein (RXBAR) to 22g (Quest, Built, FITCRUNCH). The wide span in price per gram makes shopping the category by spreadsheet uniquely valuable, which is what this page is.

How to Read This Matrix

Twelve columns, one row per product. The columns are: rank by Value Score, brand, product name, flavor, pack count (e.g. 12-pack), protein per unit, total units in the pack, calories per unit, cheapest in-stock price across our 12 tracked US retailers, the retailer at that price, the Value Score, and short notes.

How to shop bars without overpaying

The two failure modes shoppers fall into: buying the cheapest bar regardless of taste (and then never finishing the box), or buying the same premium bar from a brand that ran a sale and stuck the price. The matrix below shows the price floor on every bar variety we track, refreshed throughout the day.

The Matrix

Sorted by Value Score, highest first. Every product name links to its full live-price page. Every brand links to the brand page. Scroll horizontally if you are on mobile.

Top 5 Winners by Different Metrics

The single Value Score column is the right place to start, but it is not the only way to slice this matrix. Here are five different angles on the same product set:

How We Built This Matrix

Every row above is generated directly from our live product catalog. When the system checks each retailer (every two hours throughout the day), the cheapest in-stock price wins the right-hand column. Value Score is recalculated whenever a price changes. We do not score products that are out of stock at every retailer.

To learn more about how the Value Score combines price per gram with retailer reliability, label-claim accuracy, and third-party testing, read how it works and our editorial standards. The methodology is the same across every matrix on this site.

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