FENNEL SEEDS
Fennel was highly valued in the ancient world by Pakistanis, Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Chinese, for its value as a carminative, expectorant, and as a talisman used in various rituals. Fennel is a food plant that can be eaten as a vegetable, is prized as a tasty aromatic spice for a variety of Herbal and Mediterranean dishes. Due to fennel’s gentle nature, it is used to support digestion in infants and children, and can be given to nursing mothers.
Fennel can be an annual, biennial, or perennial plant that can grow up to 6 feet tall, has bright yellow umbrella shaped flowers typical of those in the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) family, and green feathery leaves that are similar to those of its cousin dill (Anetheum graveolens).
Best use of fennel seeds, dried seed (fruit) as a spice (whole or powdered), tea, tincture, or powdered and encapsulated fresh above ground parts as a cooked vegetable or in salads fresh seed (fruit) distilled as an essential oil or can be made into a tincture
FENNEL SEED
Nutrition Table
Saturated Fatty Acid
Carbohydrate
Dietary Fiber
Energy
Fat
Protein
Sugar
Sodium
– 0.5%
– 29.6%
– 42.4g / 100g
– 233.4 kcal / 100g
– 5%
– 17.5%
–
– 520mg / kg
The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contribute to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
PACKAGING QUANTITIES
FAMILY
BOTANICAL NAME
COMMON NAME
–APIACEAE
–FOENICULUM VULGARE
–FENNEL SEEDS
Adult reference intake per each 1g of portion of fennel seeds contains :
Energy
9.77 kj
2.33 kcal
<1%
Fat
0.05g
<1%
Saturates
0.01g
<1%
Sugar
0.00g
<1%
Salt
0.01g
<1%
Typical values per 100g:
Energy 233.40 kcal 976.55 kj
HEALTH BENEFITS
Through the ages, many health claims have been made for fennel, and drinking fennel tea is an established practice in traditional medicine throughout the world.
Although Western science has not verified all these benefits, humans have used fennel to:
- speed digestion
- reduce gas
- reduce stress
- detoxify the body
- relieve flatulence
- encourage urination
- boost metabolism
- treat hypertension
- improve eyesight
- prevent glaucoma
- regulate appetite
- clear mucus from the airways
- stimulate milk production in nursing women