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Gingerbread printe

 

Possible application of gene technology Labelling
Glucose syrup from GM-maize Maize: yes (?)
Enzymes: no
Lecithin from GM-soya yes
Citric acid produced with the help of GM-microorganisms no
Fats from GM-plants (for glazing) yes

 

Description of product

Printen are hard or soft gingerbread pastries in the form of rectangles, sheets or shapes.

  • Printen contain at least 80 kg dried sugar (partially crushed rock sugar) per 100 kg flour. The use of crude sugar or sugar beet syrup is not allowed, except in the case of spice printen for which up to 15% of the sugar can be replaced by sugar beet syrup.
  • Originally, a printe was a gingerbread slab with a stamped in image.
  • An "Aachener Printe" is a form of printe originally produced in the Aachen area of Germany.
  • See also: gingerbread

Possible application of gene technology

Applications of gene technology are possible in the following ingredients that commonly are found in gingerbread printe. However, the extent to which a particular product is affected by these possibilities cannot be stated with certainty:

 
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