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Ingredient dictionary

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

Fennel is a kind of stalk vegetable. It is not one of the allergens that labels must declare. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 4,628 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 22 kcal and 1 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does fennel contain an allergen?

Fennel 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 vegan?

Yes. Fennel 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.

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What other names does fennel have on a label?

On European labels it is “fenouil” in French, “Fenchel” in German and “hinojo” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: fenouil, fenouils
German: Fenchel
Spanish: hinojo
Italian: finocchio
Dutch: venkel
Portuguese: funcho
Polish: fenkuł włoski, fenkuł
Swedish: fänkål
Danish: fennikel
Norwegian: fennikel
Finnish: fenkoli, fenkolia
Czech: fenykl
Hungarian: édeskömény
Romanian: fenicul
Croatian: komorač, koromač
Turkish: rezene

Which foods contain fennel?

Open Food Facts lists fennel in the ingredients of 4,628 products, most often ready meals, unsweetened drinks and dressings and sauces. Most of them are sold in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Ready meals770
Unsweetened drinks465
Dressings and sauces347
Processed meat168
Salty and fatty foods119
Pasta, rice and flour118

Products with it, by country of sale: France 1,604 · United Kingdom 913 · United States 757 · Germany 671.

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

How many calories are in fennel?

Fennel has about 22 kcal per 100 g, with 1 g protein, 2.6 g carbohydrate and 0.3 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Fennel, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

22kcal per 100 g

1g protein

2.6g carbohydrate

0.3g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 2.2 g, saturated fat 0 g, fibre 2.6 g, salt 0.06 g, energy 91 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 20028. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is fennel?

Fennel is a kind of stalk vegetable.

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