Bay leaf leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Bay leaf comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bay leaf for less saturated fat, less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Paprika for more protein, more fiber, more potassium and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.43 g5.01 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.95 g19.15 g
- Fibermore is better8.4 g12.38 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—3.67 g
- Total fat2.67 g4.57 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.73 g0.76 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN7.35 mg24.11 mg
- Potassiummore is better169.01 mg808.51 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN266.45 mg81.21 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN13.74 mg7.5 mg
- Magnesiummore is better38.34 mg63.12 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN14.86 mg0.32 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.

