✦ Excellent vitamin K ✦ Estragole: complex anise flavour ✦ Vitamin C and iron ✦ Béarnaise and fines herbes

Fresh tarragon is a prized French culinary herb with a distinctive, complex anise-like flavour from estragole. It provides excellent vitamin K, useful vitamin C, iron, and manganese. French tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus sativa) is the culinary variety; Russian tarragon (A. dracunculoides) is much milder and less desirable. It is the defining herb of béarnaise sauce and fines herbes.

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Preparation note

Fresh tarragon is delicate — add at the end of cooking or use raw as a garnish. It pairs classically with chicken, eggs, fish, and vinegar. Store wrapped in damp paper in the fridge for up to a week.

Sources: CoFID 2021

Macronutrients per 100g

206
kJ
Energy
3.40
g
Protein
6.30
g
Carbs
1.10
g
Fat
0.02
g
Salt

Vitamins & Minerals

Nutrient Per 100g % Daily Value* Level
Potassium 450 mg 23%
Calcium 170 mg 21%
Magnesium 51.0 mg 14%
Phosphorus 46.0 mg 7%
Vitamin A (RAE) 31.3 µg 4%
Vitamin C 2.00 mg 3%
Zinc 0.600 mg 6%
Thiamin (B1) 0.150 mg 14%
Vitamin B12 0.000 µg 0%
Vitamin D 0.000 µg 0%
Cholesterol 0.000 mg —
Beta-carotene 375 µg —
Retinol (vitamin A) 0.000 µg 0%
Sources: CoFID 2021
Herbs & Spices Fresh Herbs Phytochemical data available 🇬🇧 CoFID 2021 · 13-857