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"Il n'y a rien de mieux pour faire les meilleures tartes"

I'm wondering why mieux is used instead of meilleur when referring to organic ingredients in the statement, "There is nothing better to make the best tarts"?

As per the lesson that's linked on that page, I thought it would fall under "qualifying something as good/better/the best at what it does, i.e. efficient/practical, or good/better/the best in taste (food)".

Is it instead considered to be "making a general statement with être about something or someone being fine/OK/better/the best" ? It would be helpful if the lesson included "Il y a" in addition to être if so.

Thanks in advance for any clarification!

This question relates to:French writing exercise "French-style lemon tart recipe"

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"Il n'y a rien de mieux pour faire les meilleures tartes"

I'm wondering why mieux is used instead of meilleur when referring to organic ingredients in the statement, "There is nothing better to make the best tarts"?

As per the lesson that's linked on that page, I thought it would fall under "qualifying something as good/better/the best at what it does, i.e. efficient/practical, or good/better/the best in taste (food)".

Is it instead considered to be "making a general statement with être about something or someone being fine/OK/better/the best" ? It would be helpful if the lesson included "Il y a" in addition to être if so.

Thanks in advance for any clarification!

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