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Ingredient dictionary

Fennel seed on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Fennel seed is a kind of seed. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,626 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 326 kcal and 16 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does fennel seed contain an allergen?

Fennel seed is not one of the allergens that food labels must declare in the US, the UK, Europe or the Gulf. Open Food Facts does not link it to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one.

Is fennel seed vegan?

Yes. Fennel seed is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does fennel seed have on a label?

On European labels it is “graine de fenouil” in French, “Fenchelsamen” in German and “Semilla de hinojo” in Spanish. The other 7 languages are listed below.

French: graine de fenouil, graines de fenouil
German: Fenchelsamen, Fenchelsaat
Spanish: Semilla de hinojo, Semillas de hinojo
Italian: seme di finocchio, semi di finocchio
Dutch: Venkelzaad
Swedish: fänkålsfrö, fänkålsfrön
Danish: fennikelfrø
Norwegian: fennikelfrø
Finnish: fenkolinsiemen, fenkolin siemen
Croatian: sjeme komorača

Which foods contain fennel seed?

Open Food Facts lists fennel seed in the ingredients of 1,626 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.

Ready meals176
Dressings and sauces102
Pasta, rice and flour100
Unsweetened drinks82
Processed meat72
Savoury snacks44

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 467 · United Kingdom 359 · France 308 · Netherlands 229.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where fennel seed turns up, not how much of the market it is.

How many calories are in fennel seed?

Fennel seed has about 326 kcal per 100 g, with 16 g protein, 13 g carbohydrate and 15 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Fennel, seed” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

326kcal per 100 g

16g protein

13g carbohydrate

15g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 13 g, saturated fat 0.5 g, fibre 40 g, salt 0.22 g, energy 1,350 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11066. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is fennel seed?

Fennel seed is a kind of seed.

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