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Fresh Thyme

Fresh thyme is an aromatic herb used to season soups, sauces, roasted foods, and stews.

Thyme — illustrative ingredient image

About Fresh Thyme

Fresh thyme is the leafy, aromatic herb sold as recently harvested sprigs or separated leaves. Its small leaves are attached to slender stems and are typically green to grey-green, with a firm, slightly dry surface and a concentrated fragrance. It is used to season soups, stocks, sauces, stews, roasted vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, beans, and baked dishes.

The flavour is herbaceous, earthy, peppery, and faintly mint-like, though intensity varies with the type of thyme and harvest stage. Whole sprigs may flavour a dish during cooking and then be removed, while stripped leaves can be added directly; fresh thyme is also used in marinades, compound mixtures, dressings, and finishing applications.

It is sold as sprigs or separated leaves. Stripping removes the leaves from the slender stems, while cooking softens the leaves and releases their concentrated fragrance. Whole sprigs may remain visibly intact during infusion or be removed before serving.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Fresh Thyme nutrition & diet

Fresh Thyme nutritional value

Thyme, fresh

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded food form.

Calories
101kcal
Protein
5.6g
Carbs
24.4g
Fat
1.7g

Reference values for the specific food form shown. Other varieties, brands and preparations can differ.

Portions & preparation

Match the reference to fresh thyme leaves, tender stems, or the separated edible portion, rather than dried thyme or thyme oil. Raw sprigs, chopped leaves, infused liquids, and cooked dishes represent different forms. Butter, stock, sauces, salt, and other recipe ingredients should be evaluated separately.

Compare the right form: Reference fresh thyme in the stated raw or cooked form, specifying leaves, tender stems, or whole sprigs and the edible portion.

Diet considerations

Thyme is a plant herb. Plain fresh thyme differs from dried herb, essential oil, infused butter, stock, sauce, or seasoning blend. Compatibility changes if animal products, dairy, oil, salt, coatings, or cereal ingredients are added; the amount used and the surrounding recipe determine the relevant carbohydrate pattern.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
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  • Pescatarian
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  • Keto
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  • Paleo
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  • Low-carb
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  • Halal
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  • Kosher
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What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Thyme, fresh ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

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