Fennel is a biennial, aromatic, stout, glabrous, 1.5 to 1.8 mtr high. The ripe fruit (seed) is small, oblong, cylindrical, 6.8mm long, straight or slightly curved, greenish yellow, deeply furrowed, 5 ridged and having agreeable aroma.
India's love affair with fennel needs no introduction. This powder dominates a variety of Indian preparations. It possesses numerous benefits such as regulating blood pressure and containing a multitude of minerals.
Fennel is a perennial, pleasant-smelling herb with yellow flowers. It is native to the Mediterranean, but is now found throughout the world.
Dried fennel seeds are often used in cooking as an anise-flavored spice.
But don't confuse fennel with anise, though they look and taste similar, they are not the same. Fennel's dried ripe seeds and oil are used to make medicine.
Product origin : Sri Lanka / ceylon
Minimum Order Size and Packgaing details : Depends on the requirement
'Keshav Trading Company' has been engaged in the manufacturing of fennel seed since 2002. We supply to all well-known Exporter of India. Packaging size: 25kg pp bag, New Corp 2024, Country Of origin: India.
Scientific Name:- Foeniculum Vulgare
New Crop:- January - February
Fennel is used as a condiment and as culinary spice for meat dishes, fishes and seafood, pickles, bread giving a special flavour. It is crunchy and slightly sweet, adding a refreshing contribution to the food. his aromatic seeds are routinely chewing upon after meals to aid in digestion after a rich meal while acting as an herbal mouth freshener. Fennel is used in meat and seafood dishes and also with pickles and vinegar for a special flavour. The plant is used to relieve chills and stomaches. Other uses attributed include as rejuvenator, to stop hiccups, cure wheezing, ease stomach pain, to give milk to women's breasts, good for kidney etc.
Singapore Quality HPS: 1 to 2 % Admixture (Machine Clean without Fine particle)
Europe Quality HPS: 1 to 2 % Admixture (large seeds, Machine Clean without ineparticle)
USA Quality DHPS: 1% Admixture (Best Quality large seeds, Machine Clean without Fine particle)
Parameter Result
Total ASH : 9.50% max
ACID insoluble ASH : 1.75% max
Flavour : Characteristics
Moisture : 14% max
Salmonella : Absent/25 gms.
Volaile oil : Min 2.00 ml/100 gms.
Whole insects : 4% max
Excreta mammalian : 3% max
Excreta other : 5% max
Mold : 1% max
Extraneous foreign matter : 0.50% max
Insert defiled/infested : 1.00% max
USFDA (Defect Action Level): I Average of 9.5% or more ash and / or more acid insoluble ash.
Fennel, which grows well in mild climates, is an oval, green or yellowish brown dried aromatic ripe fruit of an herbaceous plant called Foeniculum Vulgare, a member of Parsley family. Obtained from an aromatic and medicinal plant, the seeds emit a pleasant odor, are highly aromatic and have a pungent flavor.
Fennel is widely used Asian, European, Italian and Mediterranean dishes. In India fennel is widely used in meat and seafood dishes and also with pickles and vinegar for a special flavor. Fennel Seeds in raw or in roasted form is widely used in India as a mouth freshener especially after suppers.
