French language Q&A Forum

I thought "meilleure" meant "best" rather than "better," which is the meaning it's given in the chart. In the sample sentence "Le meilleur élève..." is said to mean "The best pupil..." So again, why in the chart is it said to mean better rather than best, as in the sentence? Thanks in advance.

We are asked to translate ‘Sprinkle with salt and pepper’.

The two possible answers that are given are:

1, Saupoudrez avec du sel et du poivre 

2. Saupoudrez de sel et de poivre

I understand why du is correct as as it is used with ‘uncountable’ nouns which in this case are sel and poivre.

Could you please explain why de sel and de poivre are also correct.