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Gingerbread

Gingerbread is a sweet baked food flavored with ginger and commonly made into cakes, cookies, or loaves.

Gingerbread — illustrative ingredient image

About Gingerbread

Gingerbread is a sweet baked preparation in which ginger is a defining flavour, usually combined with flour, a sweetener, and fat or eggs. The name covers cakes, loaves, biscuits, and decorated cookies rather than one single formula.

It may be soft and cake-like, dense and loaf-shaped, or firm and crisp. Colour ranges from brown to deep brown, while spice intensity, sweetness, and moisture vary among regional and commercial styles; other warm spices may accompany the ginger.

Gingerbread may be baked in a pan, cut into shapes, or formed as a firm dough before baking. Treacle, molasses, honey, or another dark sweetener may contribute colour and flavour, while icing, fillings, or toppings change the finished appearance and texture.

Ingredient type
compound ingredient

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English

gingerbread

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Gingerbread nutrition & diet

Gingerbread nutritional value

Reference: Gingerbread, homemade

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
371kcal
Protein
5.6g
Carbs
65.9g
Fat
11.3g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. CoFID 2021 food code 11-1079. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Treat gingerbread as a finished baked food whose recipe must be identified, since cakes, cookies, loaves, and dense bars vary in flour, sweetener, fat, egg, and inclusions. Match the served form and portion, including icing, glaze, filling, nuts, fruit, or decorative coatings where present.

Compare the right form: Match a reference to the specific gingerbread form—cake, cookie, loaf, or bar—with its recipe, icing, filling, and edible portion.

Diet considerations

Gingerbread is a mixed food, usually plant-based in its flour, spices, and sweeteners but potentially containing eggs, dairy, honey, or animal-derived fats. Cereal ingredients are central to many recipes, while coatings and fillings add variability. Portion size and recipe determine the carbohydrate pattern and dietary compatibility.

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

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Depends on the version
  • Vegetarian
    Depends on the version
  • Pescatarian
    Depends on the version
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Typically incompatible
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Butter; Egg. The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative. Recipes and products can differ.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Pescatarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Sugar; Wheat flour. This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar). Recipes and products can differ.
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.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Gingerbread, homemade ↗. 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.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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