Fennel fruit

Foeniculum vulgareAlso called fennel, fennel seed, fennel seeds and fennel (herb)

Fennel fruit is used as a spice. It has anise-liquorice, medicinal camphor and minty aromas. Cooks use it raw or roasted.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

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

Category: Herbs & spices
Part used: Fruit
Family: Apiaceae
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 2 in the catalogue
Energy: 345 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Holly Cheng · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use fennel fruit

Typical ways to cook or use it

Raw
Roast

Flavour

Taste and texture

Aroma

Anise liquorice
Medicinal camphor
Minty

Nutrition

What 100 g of fennel fruit holds

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

Protein 19%Fat 18%Carbohydrate 63%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of fennel fruit
Energy	345 kcal · 1,443 kJ
Protein	16 g
Fat	15 g
of which saturated	0.48 g
Carbohydrate	52 g
Fibre	40 g
Sodium	88 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of fennel fruit: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	1,694 mg
Calcium	1,196 mg
Iron	19 mg
Magnesium	385 mg
Zinc	3.7 mg
Vitamin C	21 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	7 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 171323), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

On the table

Dishes made with fennel fruit

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Bir pletok
Indonesia
Gulai Balak

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include fennel fruit.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: fennel fruit 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 fennel fruit is called

Names in 19 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Semilla de hinojo
French
graine de fenouil
Italian
seme di finocchio · semi di finocchio
German
Fenchelfrucht · Fenchelfrüchte · Fenchelsamen · Fenchelkraut
Dutch
venkelzaad · venkelzaden
Russian
плод фенхеля
Chinese
茴香籽 · 小茴香籽 · 甜茴香籽
Japanese
茴香 · ウイキョウ · フェンネル
Indonesian
adas
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
плод фэнхелю · фэнхель
Catalan
fruit del fonoll
Czech
fenykl

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Danish
fennikelfrø
Esperanto
fenkolo
Finnish
fenkolinsiemen
Galician
froito do fiúncho
Latin
Foeniculi Fructus
Slovenian
plod komarčka · komarček
Swedish
fänkålsfrö

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q27658833

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