Crystallized ginger: allergens and what’s inside

Which allergens are in crystallized ginger?

Of 91 packs of crystallized ginger whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 14% list sulphites and 1% list peanuts. Another 15% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts, 13% for peanuts and 10% for sulphites. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

What is crystallized ginger usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of crystallized ginger list, with the share of packs that list each: ginger (99%), sugar (98%), cane sugar (43%) and e220 sulphur dioxide (18%).

• Ginger99%
• Sugar98%
• Cane sugar43%
• E220 sulphur dioxide18%
• E330 citric acid12%

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 109 · United States 34 · Spain 23 · Germany 15.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for crystallized ginger.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food is crystallized ginger?

In the Open Food Facts categories, crystallized ginger is a kind of confectionery.

What else is crystallized ginger called?

French

Gingembre confit

German

kandierter Ingwer

Spanish

Jengibre confitado

Italian

Zenzero cristallizzato, Zenzero zuccherato

Dutch

Geconfijte gembers

Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
3. Open Food Facts: Crystallized ginger

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