Dried thyme is one of the best-performing dried herbs, retaining its robust earthy, slightly floral flavour from thymol and carvacrol remarkably well. Per tablespoon it provides excellent vitamin K, useful iron, calcium, and manganese, plus rosmarinic acid. It is a cornerstone of bouquet garni, Provençal, and Creole cooking.
Add dried thyme early in cooked dishes; it releases its flavour slowly during long cooking. Essential in bouquet garni with parsley and bay. Lemon thyme (fresh only) is more delicate and suits fish and chicken.
Where Thyme, dried, ground Stands Out
Macronutrients per 100g
Vitamins & Minerals
| Nutrient | Per 100g | % Daily Value* | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calcium | 1,890 mg | 236% | |
| Potassium | 810 mg | 41% | |
| Vitamin A (RE) | 380 µg | 54% | |
| Folate | 274 µg | 137% | |
| Magnesium | 220 mg | 59% | |
| Phosphorus | 200 mg | 29% | |
| Iron | 124 mg | 883% | |
| Vitamin C | 50.0 mg | 63% | |
| Niacin equivalents (NE) | 8.00 mg | 50% | |
| Manganese | 7.87 mg | 394% | |
| Zinc | 6.20 mg | 62% | |
| Selenium | 5.00 µg | 9% | |
| Niacin (B3) | 4.90 mg | 31% | |
| Copper | 0.860 mg | 86% | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.550 mg | 39% | |
| Thiamin (B1) | 0.510 mg | 46% | |
| Riboflavin (B2) | 0.400 mg | 29% | |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.000 µg | 0% | |
| Vitamin D | 0.000 µg | 0% | |
| Polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) | 1.20 g | — | |
| Monounsaturated fat | 0.500 g | — | |
| Trans fat | 0.000 g | — | |
| Maltose | 0.000 g | — | |
| Cholesterol | 0.000 mg | — | |
| Beta-carotene | 2,280 µg | — | |
| Retinol (vitamin A) | 0.000 µg | 0% |
* % Daily Value is the proportion of an adult
EU Nutrient Reference Value (NRV) supplied by 100g of this food.
NRVs are the labelling standard — the same basis as the “%RI” figures printed on
food packaging — so these percentages are directly comparable with a shop label.
They are a single adult figure and do not vary by age or sex, which is why they
sometimes differ from UK dietary reference values: the NRV for vitamin C is 80mg
where the UK RNI is 40mg. When Nutriofia assesses your own intake in the
reports and trackers, it uses the age- and sex-specific UK values instead.
Fibre is shown without a percentage. Our fibre values use the UK
Englyst NSP method, while the published 30g daily goal is an AOAC figure — the two
are measured differently and a single percentage would mislead.
How we source and normalise our data →