Oregano

Origanum vulgare

Oregano is an herb used for its leaves. Cooks use it for seasoning, infusing, and garnishing, and pair it with lamb, mutton, and fish.

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: Leaf
Family: Lamiaceae
Cooked most in: Europe
Top country: Italy
Dishes: 4 in the catalogue
Energy: 265 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Henna · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use oregano

Typical ways to cook or use it

Garnish
Infuse
Season

Preparing it

Dried leaves can be ground for seasoning.

Goes well with

Nutrition

What 100 g of oregano holds

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

Protein 11%Fat 5%Carbohydrate 84%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of oregano, dried
Energy	265 kcal · 1,107 kJ
Protein	9 g
Fat	4.3 g
of which saturated	1.6 g
Carbohydrate	69 g
of which sugars	4.1 g
Fibre	43 g
Sodium	25 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of oregano, dried: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	1,260 mg
Calcium	1,597 mg
Iron	37 mg
Magnesium	270 mg
Zinc	2.7 mg
Vitamin C	2.3 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	85 µg
Folate	237 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 171328), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where oregano is cooked

4 dishes in the catalogue use oregano. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Europe2

Countries whose dishes use it most

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

On the table

Dishes made with oregano

4 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Fenkata
Malta
Sardenaira
Italy
Lomo en adobo
Zanahorias aliñadas

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: oregano 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 oregano is called

Names in 26 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
orégano
French
origan
Italian
origano
Portuguese
orégãos
German
Oregano
Dutch
oregano
Greek
ρίξανη
Russian
орегано
Polish
oregano
Hebrew
אורגנו
Basque
oregano
Bulgarian
риган

Show all 26 languages

Catalan
orenga · herba musca · roca morera
Cebuano
Oregano
Czech
oregano
Danish
oregano
Estonian
pune · oregaano
Finnish
oregano
Hungarian
oregánó · szurokfű
Latvian
raudene
Lithuanian
raudonėlis
Norwegian Bokmål
oregano
Norwegian Nynorsk
oregano · Oregano
Romanian
oregano
Slovenian
origano
Swedish
oregano

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: Q92581152

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