Which Has More Protein, Starbucks or Three Bridges Bites?

Three Bridges Uncured Bacon & Cheese Egg Bites list 20 g of protein per tray and Starbucks Bacon & Gruyere Egg Bites list 19 g per 130 g serving, so Three Bridges prints 1 g more. Starbucks lists 680 mg sodium and 12 g saturated fat per serving; Three Bridges lists 470 mg sodium and 13 g saturated fat per tray. The two products are measured in different serving formats, so this comparison lays out the numbers, serving bases and ingredient lists side by side and leaves the decision to you.

Key takeaways

• Starbucks Bacon & Gruyere Egg Bites list 19 g protein, 680 mg sodium and 12 g saturated fat per 130 g serving (300 calories).
• Three Bridges Uncured Bacon & Cheese Egg Bites list 20 g protein, 470 mg sodium and 13 g saturated fat per tray (310 calories).
• Both products use bacon labeled uncured, with no nitrites or nitrates added except those naturally occurring in sea salt or celery.
• The cottage cheese stabilizers differ: Starbucks lists carrageenan, mono- and diglycerides, locust bean gum, guar gum and maltodextrin, while Three Bridges lists locust bean gum and agar.

Item	Starbucks Bacon & Gruyere Egg Bites	Three Bridges Uncured Bacon & Cheese Egg Bites
Serving basis	130 g serving	1 tray (net weight 4.6 oz; gram weight not disclosed)
Calories	300	310
Protein	19 g	20 g
Total fat	20 g (25% DV)	25 g
Saturated fat	12 g (60% DV)	13 g
Cholesterol	215 mg (71% DV)	Not disclosed
Sodium	680 mg (29% DV)	470 mg
Total carbohydrates	9 g (3% DV)	3 g
Dietary fiber	0 g	Less than 1 g
Sugars	2 g	1 g
Listed allergens	Egg, Milk	Eggs, Milk, Pork

Which Egg Bite Has More Protein: Starbucks 19 g or Three Bridges 20 g per Serving?

Three Bridges lists 20 g protein per tray, one gram more than the 19 g listed for Starbucks per 130 g serving. The gap is small, and the two bases are not the same portion, because Three Bridges does not disclose a gram weight for its tray.

The Starbucks menu listing highlights '19g of protein' alongside applewood-smoked bacon, aged Gruyere and Monterey Jack cheeses, cage-free eggs and the French sous vide cooking method. The Three Bridges product page lists 20 g protein per serving (1 tray) along with uncured bacon and baked egg bites.

How Much Protein Is in Starbucks Egg Bites?

Starbucks Bacon & Gruyere Egg Bites contain 19 g of protein per 130 g serving, according to the café menu nutrition listing. That figure applies to the café item, not to Starbucks-branded egg bites sold in other settings, which were not compared here.

Cottage cheese is a base ingredient in both recipes; for how two cottage cheese labels compare on their own, see Daisy vs Good Culture Cottage Cheese.

Which Egg Bite Has More Sodium: Starbucks 680 mg or Three Bridges 470 mg?

Starbucks Bacon & Gruyere Egg Bites list 680 mg sodium per 130 g serving, which is 29% DV, while Three Bridges lists 470 mg sodium per tray. The difference is 210 mg per listed serving, and the two servings are not the same weight.

Sodium is often compared across packaged meals, but a per-serving figure only lines up when the serving bases match. Here they do not, so the 470 mg tray figure and the 680 mg café serving figure describe different amounts of food. For another breakfast label comparison, see Jimmy Dean vs Great Value Breakfast Sandwich.

The Three Bridges printed percent DV was not disclosed in the text available for this comparison. Calculated against the FDA reference of 2,300 mg, 470 mg is about 20% DV.

Which Egg Bite Has More Saturated Fat: Starbucks 12 g or Three Bridges 13 g?

Three Bridges lists 13 g saturated fat per tray, one gram more than the 12 g listed for Starbucks per 130 g serving. Starbucks shows 60% DV for saturated fat, and calculated against the FDA reference of 20 g, 13 g is about 65% DV.

Total fat is 20 g for Starbucks (25% DV) and 25 g for Three Bridges per tray. Cholesterol is 215 mg (71% DV) for Starbucks, while the Three Bridges cholesterol value was not disclosed in the text available here, so no side-by-side cholesterol comparison is possible.

What Are the Ingredients in Starbucks Bacon & Gruyere vs Three Bridges Egg Bites?

The Starbucks ingredient list is longer and names more individual components, including potato starch, powdered cellulose, natamycin, rice starch, corn starch and hot sauce. The Three Bridges list is built around whole eggs, cottage cheese, two cheeses, uncured bacon, butter and seasonings.

Starbucks lists these components in its full ingredient statement:

• Cottage cheese (cultured nonfat milk, milk, nonfat milk, with 2% or less of whey, salt, maltodextrin, citric acid, carrageenan, mono- and diglycerides, locust bean gum, guar gum, natural flavors, vitamin A palmitate, carbon dioxide and enzymes)
• Eggs (eggs, citric acid, water)
• Cheese blend of Monterey Jack and Gruyere, with potato starch, powdered cellulose and natamycin (described on the label as a natural mold inhibitor)
• Unsalted butter
• Uncured bacon (pork, water, sea salt, cane sugar, cultured celery juice, cherry powder)
• Rice starch, corn starch, salt, white distilled vinegar and hot sauce

Three Bridges lists these components:

• Whole eggs
• Cottage cheese (cultured pasteurized nonfat milk, pasteurized milk, pasteurized cream, sea salt, and a stabilizer of nonfat milk, locust bean gum and agar)
• Monterey Jack cheese and cheddar cheese, each with pasteurized milk, culture, salt and enzymes
• Uncured bacon (pork, water, salt and/or sea salt, sugar, cultured celery juice and/or cultured celery powder, natural flavor)
• Unsalted butter, granulated garlic, spices and cayenne chili

The allergen statements differ slightly. Starbucks lists egg and milk, while Three Bridges lists eggs, milk and pork. This comparison does not make claims about the health effects of any listed additive; for background on one of them, see Carrageenan.

Do Both Products Say Uncured, and What Does Uncured Bacon Mean on the Label?

Both products use bacon labeled uncured, with no nitrites or nitrates added except those naturally occurring in sea salt and celery juice or celery powder. The Starbucks label states this directly for its uncured bacon, and the Three Bridges ingredient statement says the same.

Uncured here means the label lists no added nitrite or nitrate other than what occurs naturally in the celery juice and sea salt. The word says nothing about sodium or saturated fat, which each product prints separately on its panel. For background on the additive itself, see Sodium Nitrite.

How Do These Numbers Compare to FDA Daily Values and the Low and High Percent DV Scale?

FDA uses Daily Values of 2,300 mg sodium, 20 g saturated fat, 300 mg cholesterol and 50 g protein, and its percent Daily Value guide treats 5% DV or less as low and 20% DV or more as high. Starbucks sodium at 29% DV and saturated fat at 60% DV both fall in the high range.

For Three Bridges, calculated values are about 20% DV for sodium, which sits at the high threshold, and about 65% DV for saturated fat. These are calculations from the FDA reference values, since the printed percent DV for Three Bridges was not disclosed in the text available here.

Are Three Bridges Egg Bites Healthy? What the Label Shows

The label figures cannot establish whether either product is healthy for a particular person. Per tray, Three Bridges shows 20 g protein, 470 mg sodium, 13 g saturated fat, 25 g total fat, 3 g carbohydrates and less than 1 g fiber. People who track sodium or saturated fat for medical reasons can ask a clinician how these numbers fit their personal targets.

Where Can Shoppers Check Current Labels for Starbucks and Three Bridges Egg Bites?

Check the Nutrition Facts panel and ingredient statement on the package or menu listing you are looking at, because recipes and labels can change. Starbucks publishes the nutrition and ingredient details on its menu page, which loads its content with JavaScript, and Three Bridges lists them on its product page.

Starbucks-branded egg bites sold at Costco are a different product and were not compared in this article. Their nutrition information should be read from their own packaging.