Basil, dried leads 10–0 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Basil, dried comes out ahead, winning 10 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Basil, dried for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN9.86 g2.18 g
- Carbohydrate20.49 g23.92 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN16.18 g12.37 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.73 g0.87 g
- Total fat1.75 g4.74 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.93 g1.44 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN32.62 mg101.09 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN1128.76 mg372.26 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN961.37 mg230.66 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN38.54 mg4.32 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN305.15 mg94.53 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN0.34 mg0.07 mg
- 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.

