Gaggauciya tana nufin akusa da ake tafasa masara ko wani hatsi a cikin ruwa ko madara har sai ya yi kauri ya zama daidai gwargwado. Hakanan yana iya komawa zuwa nau'in kayan zaki da aka yi daga irin wannan cakuda hatsi, madara, da sukari, wanda galibi ana ɗanɗano shi da kirfa, nutmeg, ko sauran kayan yaji. Kalmar "gaggauce" a cikin sunan tana nufin gaskiyar cewa ana iya shirya tasa cikin sauri da sauƙi, sau da yawa ana amfani da kayan abinci masu sauƙi waɗanda suke samuwa. Gaggawa jita-jita ce ta gargajiya da aka shafe shekaru aru-aru ana cin moriyarsu a sassa da dama na duniya, ciki har da Amurka da Birtaniya da kuma Caribbean.