Tofu and plant protein: prices in Switzerland per 100 g

As of June 2026. Plain tofu in Switzerland costs anywhere from about CHF 0.44 to CHF 2.46 per 100 g depending on brand, according to the Kassensturz tasting test by SRF. The cheapest own brands sit around CHF 0.52 per 100 g (Coop Prix Garantie) and CHF 0.58 per 100 g (Denner), both produced in Switzerland from Italian soybeans. Ready-made meat alternatives such as Planted, V-Love, Garden Gourmet and The Green Mountain cost a lot more, often CHF 3 to CHF 4 per 100 g. This page shows the real franc prices per 100 g, compares own brand against name brand, and works out which plant protein is cheapest per gram of protein.

Sources checked, as of June 2026: Kassensturz/SRF tofu tasting, the Swissveg price comparison 2025, the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (BLW), NZZ, K-Tipp, plus the product pages of migros.ch, coop.ch, denner.ch, aldi-suisse.ch and lidl.ch. Live weekly prices and offers are visible in the Rappn app.

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How much does tofu cost in Switzerland per 100 g?

For plain tofu the price spread is huge. The SRF Kassensturz test compared twelve plain tofus and found prices from 44 centimes to CHF 2.46 per 100 g, more than five times the cheapest to the dearest. Crucially, the test winner was not an expensive organic product but the Swiss-made Engel Tofu nature, with the top score of 4.9. Cheap and good are not mutually exclusive. The table below orders the prices named in the test alongside common retailer own brands.

The lesson: skip the organic label and the brand name and you often pay a quarter as much for the same basic ingredient. Tofu delivers roughly 8 to 15 g of protein per 100 g depending on the type, which keeps it competitive on protein price too. For how plant protein stacks up against meat overall, see our look at tofu and meat alternatives and the wider grocery price comparison.

Are plant-based meat alternatives more expensive than meat?

Partly yes, partly no, it depends heavily on the category. The Swissveg price comparison 2025 compared baskets at four retailers and found that plant-based mince was the only product cheaper than its animal counterpart at every retailer. Plant burgers were cheaper at three of four retailers, but at Migros they cost about CHF 0.50 per 100 g more (+36 percent). Plant-based cold cuts showed the largest gap everywhere, partly because the packs are often under 100 g. Across the whole basket the premium was about CHF 3.72 at Aldi (+55 percent) and about CHF 4.48 at Coop (+51 percent), while Lidl came within CHF 0.40 (+2 percent), close to price parity.

If you truly chase the franc price per gram of protein, legumes win hands down. Dried lentils provide about 27 g of protein per 100 g and cost, as an own brand, often under CHF 0.30 per 100 g, making them far cheaper per gram of protein than any ready-made burger. K-Tipp also warned that pricey lentil or pea pasta is barely better nutritionally but clearly more expensive than ordinary pasta. The rule of thumb: tofu and legumes are the cheap base, ready patties and fillets are what you pay for convenience.

The market is growing fast all the same. According to the BLW, meat-alternative sales rose from about CHF 60 million five years ago to CHF 117 million last year, an average rise of over 18 percent per year since 2016.

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