Category/Vegetables/Fennel

The category Fennel can mean the bulb, the leaves of the seeds. Further specification is required for correct categorisation.

Super-categories

The super (parent) categories of Fennel are:

• Plant-based foods and vegetables;
• etc.

Depending on the part of the fennel plant other super-categories can be used:

• Vegetable rods in the case of Fennel bulbs.
• Seeds in the case of fennel seeds. Fennel seeds can be used as a spice or a herbal tea.

Sub-categories

Vegetable rods

If the vegetable rod part of the plant is meant:

• Fennel bulbs;
• Fresh fennel bulbs;
• Boiled fennel for fennel bulbs that have been boiled;

The product can also be bought cut in pieces and frozen. There is no subcategory for that yet.

Aromatic herbs

The leaves can be used as a herb. However no products were listed on 27-sep-2024.

Related categories

There are no related categories.

Agribalyse proxy

These categories are a proxy of fennel.

• Anise

Ingredients

For all subcategories.

Required ingredients

The following ingredient is minimally required for products in this category:

• belgian endive

Fresh Belgian endives

Required ingredients

The following single ingredient is required for products in this category:

• belgian endive

Disallowed ingredients

All other ingredients are disallowed.

Canned Belgian endives

Required ingredients

The following ingredient is minimally required for products in this category:

• belgian endive

Optional ingredients

• Salt - Most Belgian endives have salt added.
• Water - Most Belgian endives have water added.
• Acid as a preservative;

Disallowed ingredients

There might be some other ingredients used as enhancer.

Production process/labels

not yet looked at

Nutritional information

Fennel bulbs

not enough information for nutritional values.

Canned Belgian endives

	min	10%	med	90%	max
Energy (kJ/100g)	54	54	75	92	92
Fat (%)	0	0	0.1	0.5	0.5
Saturated fat (%)	0	0	0.08	0.1	0.1
Carbohydrates (%)	1.31	2.3	2.4	3.15	4.5
Sugars (%)	0	0	1.72	2.4	2.6
Fiber (%)	0	0.9	1.7	2.2	3.1
Proteins (%)	1	1	1.08	1.5	1.82
Salt (%)	0	0	0.004	0.06	0.061
Fruit (%)

Quality Monitoring

• Single ingredient check:
  • Fresh Belgian endives should only contain the ingredient Belgian endives;

• Opposites check:
  • Canned Belgian endives and Fresh Belgian endives should not be assigned simultaneously;

• Nutritional values envelope - none defined yet;

Last cleanup by hand on 26 sep 2024.

Sales format

Belgian endives is sold by:

• package - sold in bags with multiple whole heads;
• tins
• weight - in the bulk vegetable aisles or markets;

References

• Chicory@wikipedia - focussed on the plant;
• Belgian_endive@wiktionary;
• Chicory@wikidata - no distinction is made between the plant and the food;