Cayenne pepper leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Cayenne pepper comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Allspice, ground for less saturated fat, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Cayenne pepper for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.32 g3.78 gWIN
- Carbohydrate27.42 g17.81 g
- Fibermore is better8.21 g8.55 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—3.25 g
- Total fat3.3 g5.43 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.97 g1.03 g
- Sodiumless is better29.28 mg9.43 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better396.96 mg633.33 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN251.33 mg46.54 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.68 mg2.45 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN51.33 mg47.8 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better14.9 mg24.03 mgWIN
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

