Foods That Start With G

36 foods Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 36 foods that start with G, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. The best-known ones come first, then the full list in A to Z order.

G has more than thirty foods, and many have strong flavors. Ginger, garlic and green onion season dishes, while guacamole, gravy and grape jelly are toppings or sides. Gingerbread is a well loved treat that also shows up in holiday baking.

This list travels the world. Gnocchi are soft Italian potato dumplings, goulash is a Hungarian beef stew, and gumbo is a thick soup from the American South. Grits, granola and grapefruit cover breakfast. Watch the silent G in gnocchi; it is a favorite in spelling bees.

Foods starting with G: 36
Best known: ginger, garlic
Longest name: garlic butter

Best-known foods that start with G

The ones most people will recognise, good for school lists, quizzes and games.

ginger
garlic
goose
grape
gravy
grapefruit
gingerbread
granola
grits
guacamole
ground beef
gumbo
goat cheese
green bean
gum ball
garlic bread
green onion
grape jelly
green pea
gnocchi
goulash

All foods that start with G

#	Name	What it is
1	garlic	aromatic bulb used as seasoning
2	garlic bread	French or Italian bread sliced and spread with garlic butter then crisped in the oven
3	garlic butter	butter seasoned with mashed garlic
4	garlic salt	ground dried garlic and salt
5	gelatin	an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods
6	ghee	clarified butter used in Indian cookery
7	ginger	dried ground gingerroot
8	ginger snap	a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
9	gingerbread	cake flavored with ginger
10	gnocchi	small soft Italian dumplings made from potato
11	goat cheese	made from goats' milk
12	golden syrup	a pale cane syrup
13	goose	flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)
14	goulash	Hungarian beef stew seasoned with paprika
15	grain	foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
16	granola	cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and nuts and honey or brown sugar
17	grape	any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
18	grape jelly	jelly made from grape juice
19	grapefruit	large yellow fruit with somewhat acid juicy pulp; usual serving consists of a half
20	grated cheese	hard or semihard cheese grated
21	gravy	a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
22	gray sole	greyish-white flesh of a flatfish
23	green bean	immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable
24	green olive	olives picked green and pickled in brine; infrequently stuffed with e.g. pimento
25	green onion	a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
26	green pea	fresh pea
27	green pepper	a sweet pepper that becomes red when ripe
28	green salad	tossed salad composed primarily of salad greens
29	greens	any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
30	grits	coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States
31	ground beef	beef that has been ground
32	guacamole	a dip made of mashed avocado mixed with chopped onions and other seasonings
33	guava	tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh or used for e.g. jellies
34	gum ball	a ball of chewing gum with a coating of colored sugar
35	gumbo	a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
36	gyro	a Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread

Short foods with G

goose
grape
gravy
grits
gumbo
grain
gyro
ghee
guava

Questions people ask

How many foods start with G?

This list has 36 foods starting with G, from well-known ones like ginger, garlic, goose to rarer kinds.

What foods start with G?

Well-known examples are ginger, garlic, goose, grape, gravy, grapefruit, gingerbread, granola.

Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.

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