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Is it safe?the answer, and the reason for it

Type a food. You get a straight answer, why it is that answer, and — where there is one — what to do to make it safe.

Synonyms work too: “parma ham”, “raw ham”, “brie”. No accents needed.

174 foods

🥩 Cured meats

🧀 Cheese

Aged pecorino Safe
Asiago Safe
Brie Only if…
Buffalo mozzarella Safe
Burrata Safe
Camembert Only if…
Cream cheese / Philadelphia Safe
Feta Caution Fontina Caution Fresh goat cheese Caution Gorgonzola Only if…
Grana Padano Safe
Mascarpone Safe
Mozzarella (cow's milk) Safe
Parmigiano Reggiano Safe
Provolone Safe
Ricotta Safe
Roquefort Only if…
Stracchino / Crescenza Safe
Taleggio Caution

🐟 Fish

🍗 Meat

Beef carpaccio Never Beef tartare / Steak tartare Never
Cooked chicken Safe
Cooked rabbit Safe
Cooked turkey Safe
Kebab Caution Liver / Offal Never Rare or medium steak Only if…
Well-cooked burger Safe
Well-cooked lamb Safe
Well-done steak Safe
Wild boar / Venison / Game Caution

🥚 Eggs

🥛 Dairy

Butter Safe
Cream (fresh/cooking) Safe
Kefir Safe
Pasteurised milk Safe
Raw milk Only if…
Yoghurt Safe

🥬 Vegetables

Artichokes Safe
Asparagus Safe
Aubergines Safe
Beans / Lentils / Chickpeas Safe
Broccoli / Cauliflower Safe
Carrots Safe
Courgettes Safe
Cultivated mushrooms Safe
Peppers Safe
Potatoes Safe
Salad (lettuce, rocket, mixed leaves) Caution
Spinach Safe
Sprouts (alfalfa, soybean, radish) Only if…
Tomatoes Safe
Wild / foraged mushrooms Never

🍎 Fruit

Apples Safe
Avocado Safe
Bananas Safe
Dried fruit (dates, prunes) Safe
Grapes Safe
Kiwi Safe
Melon / Watermelon Safe
Nuts (almonds, walnuts) Safe
Oranges / Mandarins / Lemons Safe
Papaya Caution
Pears Safe
Pineapple Safe
Strawberries Safe

☕ Drinks

Alcohol (wine, beer, spirits) Never
Alcohol-free beer (0.0%) Safe
Black tea Caution
Chamomile Safe
Coffee Caution Energy drinks (Red Bull, Monster) Never Fennel tea Caution
Fresh-squeezed juice Safe
Ginger / Ginger tea Safe
Green tea Caution Kombucha Never Liquorice tea Never
Pasteurised fruit juice Safe
Sugary drinks (Coke, Fanta, Sprite) Caution
Tap water Safe

🍰 Sweets

Artisanal gelato Caution Dark chocolate Caution Liquorice sweets Caution
Milk chocolate Safe
Packaged ice cream (industrial) Safe
Panettone / Pandoro Safe
Tiramisù Only if… Zabaglione Never

🌿 Herbs & spices

🌾 Grains

Bread Safe
Couscous Safe
Fresh egg pasta Safe
Oats / Porridge Safe
Pasta Safe
Quinoa Safe
Rice Safe
Spelt / Barley Safe

🍽️ Other

Amatriciana Safe
Artificial sweeteners (aspartame, saccharin) Caution Caesar dressing / raw-egg dressings Only if… Carbonara Caution Cod liver oil Never
Commercial mayonnaise Safe
Cooked sushi (tempura, teriyaki) Safe
Crisps (bagged) Caution
Extra virgin olive oil Safe
Fish oil / Omega-3 (supplement) Safe
Folic acid (supplement) Safe
Fried foods (chips, mixed fry) Caution Gorgonzola / 4 cheeses pizza Caution
Guacamole Safe
Homemade mayonnaise Only if…
Honey Safe
Hummus Safe
Iodised salt Safe
Iron (supplement) Caution
Olives (in brine) Safe
Pâté (liver, fish) Never
Peanut butter Safe
Pizza Safe
Seeds (chia, flax, pumpkin, sunflower) Safe
Soy sauce Safe
Tartare sauce Caution
Tofu Safe
Vitamin A (supplement / retinol) Never
Wasabi Safe
Wheat germ Safe
and then you just eat

General information, not medical advice. It follows the public guidance for pregnancy and breastfeeding, and it cannot know your own history: for anything about your health or your baby's, the person to ask is your midwife or doctor.