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Ingredient dictionary

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

Ginger is a kind of spice. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 26,525 products, most often in ready meals. Per 100 g: about 33 kcal and 1.1 g protein.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20265 sourcesHow we check

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Does ginger contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link ginger 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 vegan?

Yes. Ginger 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.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does ginger have on a label?

In English ginger can also read “stem ginger” or “ginger root”. On European labels it is “gingembre” in French, “Ingwer” in German and “Gengibre” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

In Englishstem gingerginger root

French: gingembre, racine de gingembre
German: Ingwer
Spanish: Gengibre, jengibre
Italian: zenzero
Dutch: gember, gemberwortel
Portuguese: Gengibre
Polish: Imbir lekarski, imbir
Swedish: ingefära, ingefärs
Danish: ingefær, ingefær rod
Norwegian: ingefær, ingefærrot
Finnish: inkivääri, inkiväärinjuuri
Czech: zázvor, zázvorová
Hungarian: gyömbér
Romanian: Ghimbir, ghimbirului
Croatian: đumbir, đumbira
Turkish: zencefil

Which foods contain ginger?

Open Food Facts lists ginger or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 26,525 products, most often ready meals, dressings and sauces and unsweetened drinks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

Ready meals3,515
Dressings and sauces2,571
Unsweetened drinks1,791
Sweetened drinks1,112
Biscuits and cakes1,105
Pasta, rice and flour1,089

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 8,720 · France 6,311 · United Kingdom 3,837 · Germany 2,708.

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

How many calories are in ginger?

Ginger has about 33 kcal per 100 g, with 1.1 g protein, 3.4 g carbohydrate and 1.1 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Ginger, raw” (the closest food in the table) in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

33kcal per 100 g

1.1g protein

3.4g carbohydrate

1.1g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 1 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 2.7 g, salt 0.02 g, energy 137 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 11074 (the closest food in the table). A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is ginger?

Ginger is a kind of spice.

Kinds of gingerGinger powder Ginger extract Ginger pasteGinger syrupRaw 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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