Black pepper, ground leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided
Bay leaf: 100 g · Black pepper, ground: 100 g.
The verdict
Black pepper, ground comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bay leaf for more fiber, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Black pepper, ground for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy313 kcal251 kcal
- Proteinmore is better7.61 g10.39 gWIN
- Carbohydrate74.97 g63.95 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN26.3 g25.3 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.64 g
- Total fat8.36 g3.26 g
- Saturated fatless is better2.28 g1.39 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better23 mg20 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better529 mg1329 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN834 mg443 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN43 mg9.71 mg
- Magnesiummore is better120 mg171 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN46.5 mg0 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.

