Caraway

Studies in people

• Open question

  Blood cell changes³

  In overweight women, drinking caraway extract daily for 12 weeks changed some blood cell counts, but caused no other health changes.

• Benefit

  Appetite and weight in women⁴

  In overweight women, caraway extract reduced appetite and body measurements over 90 days.

Found in some samples or products

These come from where it was grown, how it was processed or cooked, or what it was made into. They are not about the ingredient itself, so the signal does not count them.

• Food poisoning in babies⁵

  In 2002-2003, babies in Germany got sick from Salmonella in fennel-aniseed-caraway tea, traced to aniseed from Turkey.

The signal at the top counts the findings in people and in animal and lab studies. A concern in studies of people outranks animal and lab studies, and “No concerns” needs at least one finding in people. When most findings in people point one way, the page leans that way (“Mostly”), and every finding is still shown. Findings whose study type is not stated are shown but not counted. This page is a reference, not medical advice. It describes what regulators and published research say. Talk to a doctor or dietitian about your own diet.