• Pure & Sure Organic Fennel Seeds pack, front
  • Fennel seeds, natural dull green-brown and undyed
  • Fennel seeds versus other saunf
  • Why Purepicked chose this saunf
  • Fennel seeds pack on a kitchen counter
  • Looking into the pack at whole fennel seed
  • Fennel seeds dry-roasting in a steel pan
  • Back of the purepicked organic fennel seeds pack showing ingredients and nutrition information
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Pure & Sure

Saunf (Fennel Seeds)

Saunf (Fennel Seeds)

₹114.00₹120.00 5% off(₹1.04 per gram)
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Size
Single-ingredientSteam-sterilisedOrganic certifiedUndyedUnsweetenedZero additives
Clean

One ingredient, undyed and unsweetened.

Reviewed by PurePicked

Whole fennel seed, plain. The colour is a dull sage green shading to brown, which is what unwashed and undyed fennel actually looks like — the bright emerald seed sold as a mouth freshener has usually been coloured, and often sugar-coated too. This is the culinary kind: sweet and faintly aniseed, good crushed into a curry base, steeped as tea, or chewed after a meal on its own. It is steam-sterilised too.

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Why We Like It

  • One ingredient — plain, undyed fennel seed.
  • Natural dull green-brown rather than the brighter green that comes from dye.
  • Sold plain rather than sugar-coated as mukhwas, so it stays a spice rather than a confection.
Ingredients

Organic fennel seeds (100%)

Single ingredient

Whole seed, nothing added.

No added colour

Not used

This matters more in fennel than in most spices: synthetic green dyes are used to make dull seed look fresher.

No sugar coating

Not used

This is plain culinary fennel, not the sweetened, coloured mukhwas sold as a mouth freshener.

Steam sterilisation (process, not an ingredient)

Process note

Steam-sterilised for microbial safety rather than fumigated or chemically treated.

Pure & Sure Saunf versus other fennel seeds
What to comparePurepickedRegular fennel seeds
Ingredient listFennel seeds onlySugar and added colour are common
ColourNatural dull green-brownOften dyed a brighter green
FormPlain whole seedFrequently sold sugar-coated as mukhwas
TreatmentSteam-sterilisedFumigation is common in the bulk spice trade and never appears on a label
FarmingCertified organic, PGS processor codeConventional, with no residue data published

Is It For You?

Good for

Fennel tea and infusions

Curry bases, spice blends and pickles

Baking, breads and Indian sweets

Avoid if

Anyone wanting sweetened, coloured mukhwas — this is plain seed

How to use
01

Chew a small spoonful on its own after a meal

02

Steep a teaspoon in hot water for a few minutes for fennel tea

03

Crush or dry-roast lightly before adding to curry bases and masalas

04

Use whole in pickles, breads and Indian sweets

What to look for in Fennel Seeds?
01

Buy whole where you can. Whole spice you can inspect; powder is easy to pad out with starch, husk or chalk.

02

Rub a pinch between wet palms. Colour that lifts onto skin means added dye. Metanil yellow, lead chromate and Sudan dyes are all documented in Indian spice.

03

A single-ingredient list is the whole point. Anti-caking agents and 'permitted colour' both signal processing you do not need.

04

Steam sterilisation is the clean way to reduce microbes. Irradiation and fumigation are not always declared.