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.