Fennel

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.