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Food chart for pregnant women

Foods which are suitable to eat during pregnancy

Foods which should be avoided during pregnancy as

a precautionary measure

Milk & Dairy Products

 Milk (pasteurised, ultra heat treated, sterilised) and

products made from milk (e.g. yoghurt, cream,

buttermilk, some cheeses like Gouda, Edam, etc.)

 Long ripened hard cheeses, without rind (e.g.

parmesan)

 Feta industrially produced from pasteurised milk and

packaged, cream cheese, cottage cheese, etc.

 Raw milk and products make from raw milk, e.g. raw

milk cheese (look for the label “made from

unpasteurised milk”)

 Cheese rinds in general

 Soft cheeses (e.g. camembert) and smear-ripened

cheeses (e.g. Tilsiter, Quargel) in general

Meat & Meat Products

 Thoroughly cooked meat (e.g. beef, pork, veal, poultry)

 Industrially produced meat products (e.g. sausage,

cooked ham) – not raw or semi-cooked

 Canned products

 Raw meat or meat that has not been fully cooked (e.g.

steak rare or medium, raw minced meat, carpaccio)

 Raw meat products (e.g. types of sausage like

Mettwurst, Kantwurst, Landjäger, salami, smoked ham,

smoked meat, cured ham)

 Offal

Fish & Fish Products

 Thoroughly cooked fish and seafood (e.g. salmon,

trout, char, herring)

 Canned fish

 Raw/semi-raw fish and seafood (e.g. sushi, oysters)

 Smoked/marinated fish (e.g. smoked salmon, smoked

trout fillet, gravlax)

 Other fish products which must be refrigerated (e.g.

soused herring)

 Tuna, swordfish, halibut, pike in general

Vegetables & Fruit

 Thoroughly washed or peeled raw vegetables and fruit,

cooked vegetables and fruit (e.g. stewed fruit), heated

frozen fruit and vegetables

 Thoroughly washed leaf salad

 Cooked sprouts and shoots, cultivated mushrooms

 Unwashed vegetables and fruit, unwashed leaf salad,

unwashed fresh herbs, pre-cut fruit, pre-cut/pre-

packaged salads

Cereal Products and Baked Goods

 Bread, baked goods, pastries

 Cereals, muesli

 Baked goods with fillings or toppings containing raw milk

or raw eggs (e.g. certain types of cream filling)

Drinks

 Drinking water, pre-packaged mineral water

 Industrially produced vegetable and fruit juices and

smoothies

 Strictly avoid alcohol (also foods containing alcohol)

 Drinks containing quinine (e.g. tonic water, bitter lemon)

 (Sweetened) drinks with a high caffeine content (e.g.

energy drinks)

 Freshly squeezed and unheated vegetable and fruit

juices at juice bars or at restaurants

Coffee and black/green tea in small amounts

(< 2 – 3 cups of coffee OR < 4 cups of green/black tea per day)

Miscellaneous

 Hard-boiled eggs

 Industrially processed mayonnaise and salad dressings

 Pre-packaged ice cream

 Pre-packaged olives and antipasti

 Raw eggs or eggs that are not cooked through (e.g. eggs

sunny side up), mayonnaise and sweets made from raw

eggs (e.g. Tiramisu, chocolate mousse)

 Soft serve

 Unpackaged meat/fish salads and (gourmet) salads, and

unpackaged marinated cheese, olives, antipasti, spreads,

etc.

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