Cumin, ground leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Cumin, ground comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bay leaf for more fiber, less sodium, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Pick Cumin, ground for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.43 g4.75 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.95 g11.8 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN8.4 g2.8 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.6 g
- Total fat2.67 g5.94 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.73 g0.41 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.35 mg44.8 mg
- Potassiummore is better169.01 mg476.8 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN266.45 mg248.27 mg
- Ironmore is better13.74 mg17.7 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better38.34 mg97.6 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN14.86 mg2.05 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.

