🍬 Description
Gingerbon ginger sweets are traditional Asian sweets originating from Indonesia, which combine the sweet taste of sugar with the intense flavour of ginger. Each sweet is a chewy type and offers a pleasantly warming ginger flavour, which many people have come to love as a snack or a lozenge to suck on.
🌿 Character and flavour
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Flavour: a distinctive ginger flavour – pleasantly spicy and sweet at the same time, typical of ginger sweets.
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Texture: soft, jelly/chewy sweets that melt nicely in the mouth.
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Uses: ideal as a sweet snack, travel sweets, or an accompaniment to tea or coffee; some people also use them to feel warm or when they have a cold.
🧾 Ingredients and allergens
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Main ingredients: sugar, ginger (approx. 8–10 %), tapioca starch and vegetable oil (e.g. hydrogenated coconut oil).
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Allergens: may contain traces of peanuts depending on the packaging/retailer.
📊 Nutritional values (per 100 g)
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Energy: ~1,630–1,632 kJ / ~390 kcal
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Fat: ~1.5–2 g (of which saturated ~1.5–2 g)
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Carbohydrates: ~94 g (of which sugars ~61 g)
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Protein: ~0–0.1 g
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Salt: ~0.1 g
(approximate value per 100 g based on available sources)
📦 Packaging and storage
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Weight: 125 g – suitable packaging for both home and travel use.
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Storage: store in a cool, dry place, away from direct light and moisture, to keep the sweets fresh and tasty.
✨ Summary of benefits
✔️ pleasant ginger flavour – sweet and subtly spicy
✔️ soft chewy sweets – easy to eat
✔️ Practical 125 g pack – ideal as a snack or to accompany drinks
✔️ Can also be used to help you feel warmer when you have a cold
💡 Tip: These sweets can be a favourite accompaniment to a cup of hot tea – ginger warms you up nicely and stimulates the taste buds.