Bay leaf leads 8–1 · 9 categories decided
Bay leaf: 100 g · Mace, ground: 100 g.
The verdict
Bay leaf comes out ahead, winning 8 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bay leaf for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Mace, ground for more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy313 kcal475 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN7.61 g6.71 g
- Carbohydrate74.97 g50.5 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN26.3 g20.2 g
- Total sugarsless is better——
- Total fat8.36 g32.38 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN2.28 g9.51 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN23 mg80 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN529 mg463 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN834 mg252 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN43 mg13.9 mg
- Magnesiummore is better120 mg163 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN46.5 mg21 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.

