How much gingerbread / honey cake can I eat on a low FODMAP diet?

Up to 43 g while staying green, if the food is eaten on its own. In a meal, the FODMAPs of the other foods add up.

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Is gingerbread / honey cake low FODMAP?

Q: Is gingerbread / honey cake low FODMAP?

Limited portion. Eaten on its own, this food stays green up to 43 g, turns orange up to 86 g, and red above that.

Limited portion · green up to 43 g

Eaten on its own, this food stays green up to 43 g, turns orange up to 86 g, and red above that.

How much?

0 g43 g86 g130 g +

Green : 0 – 43 gOrange : 43 – 86 gRed : > 86 g

FODMAPs in this food

Fructans0.7 g per 100 g

Fructans, found mainly in wheat, rye, onion and garlic.

📖 Understand FODMAPs 🔬 How these values are worked out

Your whole meal, added up

In a meal, the FODMAPs of every food add up: a green serving can tip the meal into orange. FODMAP Scanner scans your products in the shop and works out the FODMAPs of your whole meal, gingerbread / honey cake included.

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Sources

Reliability: value from the literature, to be confirmed.

Anses (2025). Table de composition nutritionnelle des aliments Ciqual 2025 (fructose, glucose, lactose, polyols totaux). doi:10.57745/RDMHWY. Licence Ouverte Etalab.
Determination of FODMAP contents of common wheat and rye breads and the effects of processing on the final contents. Eur Food Res Technol (2021). doi:10.1007/s00217-020-03633-6
Ispiryan L. et al. (2020). Characterization of the FODMAP-profile in cereal-product ingredients. Journal of Cereal Science.

Cut-offs per meal: Varney J. et al. (2017), J Gastroenterol Hepatol 32(S1):53-61. Colours apply to the food eaten on its own, for a person without specific tolerances.

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