15 %
Manganese contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism, to the maintenance of normal bones and to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
How many calories are in gingerbread?
223kcal
in a 60 g slice
371 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 11-1079. Checked 5 October 2026.
6.8 gFat
3.4 gProtein
1 gFibre
15 %Daily manganese
What’s in a 60 g slice
More than half of a slice is carbohydrate, 20.8 g of it sugars and 18.8 g starch.
- 6.8 gFat
- 3.4 gProtein
- 39.5 gCarbohydrate
- 1 gFibre
- 10.7 gWater
About average for cakes, biscuits and pastries
Gingerbread is 371 kcal per 100 g. The 134 cakes, biscuits and pastries in this database average 394.
Gingerbread371
Cakes, biscuits and pastries average394
High in sugar
34.7 g of sugars per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 22.5 g).
Sugars, per slice20.8 g
Salt, per slice0.38 g
Vitamins and minerals in gingerbread
Three of the 18 reach the “source of” level, manganese first; none reaches “high in”.
Only a trace
- Vitamin C
Show all 18 with amounts
Chloride141 mg, 18 %
Manganese0.29 mg, 15 %
Vitamin B120.00024 mg, 9.6 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)1.2 mg, 7.5 %
Phosphorus47.4 mg, 6.8 %
Iron0.88 mg, 6.3 %
Copper0.06 mg, 6 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.05 mg, 4.9 %
Calcium37.2 mg, 4.7 %
Selenium0.0024 mg, 4.4 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.06 mg, 4.3 %
Biotin0.00192 mg, 3.8 %
Potassium75.6 mg, 3.8 %
Vitamin B60.05 mg, 3.4 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.19 mg, 3.2 %
Zinc0.3 mg, 3 %
Magnesium8.4 mg, 2.2 %
Folate0.0042 mg, 2.1 %
Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 15 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 30 % for “high in”. A trace is shown as “trace” and never counts.
What gingerbread doesn’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin C, and only 3.5 % of the folate reference intake and 3.7 % of the magnesium reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin C
Tracein gingerbread
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Folate
3.5%in gingerbread, per 100 g
Find it inLiver, chicken, fried675 % per 100 g
Magnesium
3.7%in gingerbread, per 100 g
Find it inCoriander leaves, dried184 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Gingerbread against other cakes, biscuits and pastries
Gingerbread comes second for manganese here, just behind oatcakes (plain, retail).
3.8mg
0.5mg
0.4mg
0.3mg
0.3mg
0.1mg
Oatcakes, plain, retail+3.4 mg
Gingerbread, homemadethis page
Cake, fruit, rich−0.2 mg
Tartlets, strawberry−0.2 mg
Gulab jamen/jambu−0.4 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against gingerbread.
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Questions about gingerbread
The questions people ask about gingerbread, answered from the dataset.
How many calories are in a portion of gingerbread?
A typical portion (60 g, a slice) gives 223 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 371 kcal.
Is gingerbread a source of chloride?
It is a source of chloride: 235 mg per 100 g, 29 % of the NRV, which passes the 15 % threshold for “source of” but not the 30 % needed for “high in”.
Are these figures exact for gingerbread?
No. They are calculated from a standard recipe in the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID, 2021). A different recipe, portion of sauce or cooking method will move them, so read them as a typical estimate.
Which vitamins and minerals does gingerbread have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: chloride (235 mg, 29 %), manganese (0.49 mg, 25 %) and vitamin B12 (0.0004 mg, 16 %) per 100 g.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 11-1079, Gingerbread, homemade, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0; this record is a calculated recipe estimate. Main data references: Updated 2014. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a slice is 60 g, a slice, the usual UK portion for cakes, biscuits and pastries. Reference intakes follow Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; “source of”, “high in” and “low” follow Regulation (EC) 1924/2006, assessed per 100 g. Function lines are the authorised wording from the GB register of nutrition and health claims, credited to the nutrient. Energy is rounded to the whole kcal and kJ; other amounts to one decimal, or two below 1. A trace is shown as “trace” and never gets a figure or a badge; a nutrient never analysed is left off the page. We start from the dataset’s 2,887 records and keep 2,322: records weighed with bone, shell or skin, alcoholic drinks, infant foods, brand-named products, records with fewer than eight measured vitamins and minerals and near-identical variants are left out. Group context uses the 134 cakes, biscuits and pastries kept from the dataset; a rank counts only the foods with a measured figure for that nutrient. Food images are illustrations from Ingredient Atlas, released under CC0; they show the food, not the measured sample, and where no illustration of the exact food exists the nearest one is shown (here: Milk Snack Cakes). Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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