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Ingredient dictionary

Ginger powder on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Ginger powder is a kind of ginger. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 2,478 products, most often in dressings and sauces. Per 100 g: about 335 kcal and 9 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20264 sourcesHow we check

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Does ginger powder contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link ginger powder to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is ginger powder vegan?

Yes. Ginger powder is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

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What other names does ginger powder have on a label?

In English ginger powder can also read “ground ginger”. On European labels it is “gingembre moulu” in French, “gemahlener Ingwer” in German and “Gengibre en polvo” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

In Englishground ginger

French: gingembre moulu
German: gemahlener Ingwer, Ingwerpulver
Spanish: Gengibre en polvo, polvo de gengibre
Italian: zenzero macinato
Dutch: gemberpoeder, gemalen gember
Portuguese: Gengibre em pó
Polish: mielony imbir
Swedish: ingefärapulver, malen ingefära
Danish: malen ingefær
Norwegian: malen ingefær
Finnish: inkiväärijauhe, jauhettu inkivääri
Croatian: prah mljevenog đumbira

Which foods contain ginger powder?

Open Food Facts lists ginger powder in the ingredients of 2,478 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and biscuits and cakes. Most of them are sold in the United Kingdom, the United States and France.

Dressings and sauces263
Ready meals258
Biscuits and cakes206
Pasta, rice and flour179
Savoury snacks54
Meat36

Products with it, by country of sale: United Kingdom 884 · United States 797 · France 226 · Netherlands 179.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where ginger powder turns up, not how much of the market it is.

How many calories are in ginger powder?

Ginger powder has about 335 kcal per 100 g, with 9 g protein, 58 g carbohydrate and 4.2 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Ginger, powder” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

335kcal per 100 g

9g protein

58g carbohydrate

4.2g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 3.4 g, saturated fat 2.6 g, fibre 14 g, salt 0.07 g, energy 1,410 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11006. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is ginger powder?

Ginger powder is a kind of ginger.

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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

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