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Anise seed

Pimpinella anisumAlso called aniseed and aniseseed

Anise seed is a spice made from the fruit of the plant, with an anise-liquorice aroma. Cooks use it to infuse and season dishes.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Part used
Fruit
Family
Apiaceae
Cooked most in
Africa
Top country
Morocco
Anise seed, whole

Photo: David Monniaux · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use anise seed

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Infuse
  • Season

Flavour

Taste and texture

Aroma

  • Anise liquorice

Nutrition

What 100 g of anise seed holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 21%Fat 19%Carbohydrate 60%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of anise seed
Energy337 kcal · 1,411 kJ
Protein18 g
Fat16 g
of which saturated0.59 g
Carbohydrate50 g
Fibre15 g
Sodium16 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of anise seed: minerals and vitamins
Potassium1,441 mg
Calcium646 mg
Iron37 mg
Magnesium170 mg
Zinc5.3 mg
Vitamin C21 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)16 µg
Folate10 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 171316), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where anise seed is cooked

2 dishes in the catalogue use anise seed. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list anise seed among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to
Western Asia

On the table

Dishes made with anise seed

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Pepernoot

  • Babbouche

    Morocco

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include anise seed.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: anise seed in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Around the world

What anise seed is called

Names in 23 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    semilla de anís · semilla del anís

  • French

    graine d’anis · anis vert · graines d’anis · graine d’anis vert

  • Italian

    seme di anice verde · seme di anice

  • German

    Anissamen · Anis · Anisgewürz

  • Dutch

    anijszaad · anijszaden · anijszaadjes

  • Russian

    семена аниса

  • Arabic

    بذرة يانسون · بذور اليانسون

  • Hebrew

    זרעי אניס · גרגרי אניס

  • Chinese

    茴芹籽 · 大茴香籽 · 洋茴香籽

  • Malay

    Jintan manis

  • Catalan

    llavor d'anís · llavoreta · llavoretes · matafaluga

  • Czech

    anýz

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  • Esperanto

    anizfrukto · anizo

  • Estonian

    Aniis

  • Galician

    semente de anís

  • Latin

    Anisi fructus

  • Moroccan Arabic

    زريعة د النافع

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    anis

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    anis

  • Slovenian

    janeževo zrno · zrno janeža · janeževo seme · seme janeža

  • Swedish

    anisfrön

  • Tatar

    әнис орлыгы

  • Telugu

    సోపు

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q33873455

Photos

Photo: David Monniaux · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons