Calorie Per Dollar List – Eat For 21 Dollars A Week

UPDATE 2: Please read the article, you will thank yourself. Do not just look at the table.

UPDATE: Our Nutrient Per Dollar list is now complete. This is the ultimate guide to saving money on food.

Lead Engineer-Michael Kirk:

3 Years ago, my wife and I were starting Grad School, and we needed to save $30,000 a year. I remember in college I’d ask:

What Fast Food Item Will Feed Me Most Efficiently? (2015)

Little Caesar’s 5 Dollar Pizza – 420 Calories Per Dollar, 21g Protein Per Dollar Panera’s Cinnamon Raisin Bagel – 430 Calories Per Dollar, 14g Protein Per Dollar Taco Bell Beefy Fritos burrito- 430 Calories Per Dollar, 12g Protein Per Dollar

Applying this to grocery shopping, I was appalled:

“Greek Yogurt only gives us 10g Protein Per Dollar but the Chicken we eat gives us 50g of Protein Per Dollar?” “Instant Oats cost 5 times more than regular oats?” “Canned foods cost absurdly more than fresh, why do people think canned meats are a good deal?”

That’s when I realized, we think we know what food costs, but we have no idea what nutrition costs. We needed a way to value food.

The results:

We graduated college, Masters and PhD. No Debt.



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