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SPICES
- Description: CARAWAY - Caraway is the mature, dried schizocarpic fruit of a biennial herb of the parsley family (Umbelliferae), native to Eurasia. Each schizocarpic fruit is formed of two caraway seeds and divides into the two half-fruits when mature. These are 3 - 7 mm long, 1.5 - 2 mm wide, crescent-shaped, pointed at both ends, dark brown and have 5 yellowish ridges. The umbels are cut shortly before they reach maturity and dried. Oil content: - 5.0 - 7.0% essential oils, in particular carvone and limonene - 2.5 - 6.0% essential oils - up to 12% fatty oils
- Index: 684
- Commodity Name: SPICES