Star anise
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A spice from the star-shaped fruit of an evergreen tree.
It flavours food and is also used in perfumery, soaps, toothpastes, mouthwashes and skin creams.1
Products
The 6 most-scanned of 762 products on Open Food Facts that list star anise.
- Tyrrell's Sweet Chilli & Red Pepper Tyrrell’s · 30 g x5 (150 g) 1 additive
- Beef Flavour Yum Yum · 60 g 8 additives
- sweet potato pakora with red pepper, cumin and chilli Gosh! · 171 g 0 additives
- Serrano cholli & yucatan honey Manomasa 2 additives
- Lentil & Chickpea Tagine Merchant Gourmet · 280 g 3 additives
- Al'fez | Harissa Al'fez · 180 g 0 additives
References
- 1Illicium verum. Wikipedia. Accessed September 29, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0.