Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
Of 4,673 on-market ginger (zingiber officinale) products in the January 2026 DSLD dump, the median declared dose is 60 mg, and 55.4% list unspecified/undisclosed form as the primary form.
Form share
Of 4,623 products with an identifiable primary form, here is the share held by each form of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) on the market today.
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| Form | Quality tier | n | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| unspecified/undisclosed form | Unrated | 2,563 | 55.4% |
| Ginger root/rhizome extract (unstandardized or ratio extract) | Unrated | 1,437 | 31.1% |
| Ginger root/rhizome powder (dried) | Unrated | 422 | 9.1% |
| Fresh ginger / ginger juice | Unrated | 113 | 2.4% |
| Ginger extract standardized to gingerols (and gingerol/shogaol marker rows) | Unrated | 52 | 1.1% |
| Ginger essential oil / oleoresin | Unrated | 36 | 0.8% |
Form share over time
Entry-year breakdown of the top forms, 2012–2025.
Dose distribution
Deciles of declared dose per serving (mg), among 1,583 products with a disclosed amount.
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- 77.4% of products fall below the fairy-dust threshold (200 mg, 20% of the studied low dose).
- 63.3% of products don't disclose an amount because Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is declared inside a proprietary blend.
Where does your dose rank?
Enter a per-serving dose (mg) to see exactly how it compares to the 1,583 on-market ginger (zingiber officinale) products with a disclosed amount. The chart above groups doses into deciles; this looks up the exact percentile for one number.
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Search interest over time
How often people search for ginger (zingiber officinale) on Google, US only, the last 5 years. This is public interest, not DSLD label data — a spike here doesn't necessarily line up with anything on this page, and Google's own index (100 = that term's peak popularity in the chosen window) is relative, not an absolute search-volume count.
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Forms explained
Label discloses only "Ginger"/"Zingiber officinale" with no powder, extract, fresh or oil specified.
The 1.2-2 g/day diabetes meta-analysis cited on the compound used powder capsules, but no head-to-head human comparison of powder vs extract was found in this pass.
Source: Schumacher JC et al. 2024, Clin Nutr ESPEN 63:615-622, PMID 39053695 (powder capsules 1.2-2 g/day); no comparative study
Extract mass on a label (a 4:1 extract, a supercritical CO2 extract, a dry aqueous extract) represents very different amounts of ginger, and no verified human study ranks extract types against each other or against powder.
Typical standardization: Declared as % or mg of gingerols (and sometimes shogaols); marker rows describe an extract already counted elsewhere
A declared gingerol percentage describes composition, not demonstrated superiority; no verified comparative trial. Rows whose own name is the marker ("Gingerols 25 mg") are the marker mass, not ginger, so they are recorded without a dose to avoid double counting with the extract row they sit under.
Fresh or juiced ginger contains mostly water, so its declared mass is not comparable with dried powder or extract mass; recorded without a dose.
A concentrated volatile/pungent fraction, not comparable by mass with root powder; recorded without a dose.
Reference values
- RDA (adult): not established — Not an essential nutrient; no RDA/AI exists.
- Tolerable Upper Intake Level (adult): not established — Not established. NCCIH (https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/ginger, fetched) states ginger has been used safely in many research studies as an oral dietary supplement, and lists abdominal discomfort, heartburn, diarrhea and mouth/throat irritation as possible side effects of oral use; it gives no numeric upper limit.
- Studied clinical dose range: 1000–2000 mg
- Vutyavanich T et al. 2001, Obstet Gynecol 97(4):577-582, PMID 11275030 -- double-masked RCT (n=70), oral ginger 1 g/day x4 days for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy; visual- analog nausea score fell more than on placebo (P=.014) and vomiting episodes fell more than on placebo (P<.001). Also Smith C et al. 2004, Obstet Gynecol 103(4):639-645, PMID 15051552 -- RCT (n=291), 1.05 g ginger/day vs 75 mg vitamin B6/day x3 weeks; ginger was equivalent to B6 in reducing nausea. High end is the dose range (not an efficacy claim) of Schumacher JC et al. 2024, Clin Nutr ESPEN 63:615-622, PMID 39053695 -- meta-analysis of 5 RCTs in type 2 diabetes using Zingiber officinale powder capsules at 1.2-2 g/day for 4-12 weeks; pooled effect on fasting glucose and HbA1c not significant.
- Note: Unit basis: mg of ginger material as declared (dried root/rhizome powder or extract). Label amounts are not comparable across preparations: a "4:1" or supercritical extract, a dried powder and a fresh/juice or oil row of the same mg differ greatly in ginger content, so forms separate them (fresh/juice and oil/oleoresin rows are recorded as present but with no dose). Rows named "Gingerols"/"Total Gingerols and Shogaols" are the marker compounds, usually nested under an extract row, and are not added to the dose. The 1.2-2 g/day end of the studied range is powder capsules; the typical label row is a lower-mg extract. "Wild ginger", "Black ginger", "Mango ginger" and "Spiked Ginger Lily" are different plants and are deliberately not aliased (a dry run confirmed they stay unmatched).