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I mean if you're trying to gain weight and muscle simultaneously in a healthy manner (so without resulting to "dirty bulking" and still doing cardio) you're going to need to eat a lot of food, including a ton of protein. Not as much as some crazed bodybuilder throwing meat and eggs in a food processor or the 1g per pound of bodyweight myth, but around 1.8g of protein per Kg of total lean mass that you currently have on the high end, and then adjust once you've gained weight. Some people will eat more protein just to get a calorie surplus in, because they're tired of eating so much carbs and fat. If you've been there, you'll know the feeling.
The thing is, the vast majority of people are not taking part in some conscious effort to gain muscle and/or weight, so they don't need anywhere near that amount of protein.
I meant just for regular people who maybe work out once or twice times a week and aren't trying to bulk up. I doubt serious bodybuilders are eating protein candy bars from the grocery store anyway.
This theory falls apart at the protein candy bars, most of the protein supplements are plant based, it's exponentially cheaper
Most people won't be able or willing to eat the amounts of chicken or tuna to get the protein macros needed for reasonably fast gains, so they'll just get a bag of whey protein and protein bars to get there