Gingerbread Spice

Products

Gingerbread spice is available in pharmacies and drugstores, among other places. The spice can also be freshly mixed and ground from the ingredients yourself, but this is laborious.

Composition

Gingerbread spice consists, for example, of cinnamon, cloves, anise, star anise and coriander powder. It may also contain other or other spices, such as allspice, ginger, nutmeg and pepper. The composition is not uniform. Some leek spices additionally contain peels of citrus fruits such as lemons and oranges.

Effects

Gingerbread spice gives gingerbread and pastries their typical aromatic and Christmas smell and taste.

Fields of application

Gingerbread spice is used, among other things, the preparation of gingerbread / honey cake, stomach bread and spice cake.

Contraindications

Gingerbread should not be consumed in case of hypersensitivity to the ingredients and not excessively during pregnancy. Christmas spices are used to induce labor.

Adverse effects

Gingerbread spice may rarely cause allergic reactions.