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
Raw milk and products make from raw milk, e.g. raw
products made from milk (e.g. yoghurt, cream,
milk cheese (look for the label “made from
buttermilk, some cheeses like Gouda, Edam, etc.)
unpasteurised milk”)
Long ripened hard cheeses, without rind (e.g.
Cheese rinds in general
Soft cheeses (e.g. camembert) and smear-ripened
parmesan)
Feta industrially produced from pasteurised milk and
cheeses (e.g. Tilsiter, Quargel) in general
packaged, cream cheese, cottage cheese, etc.
Meat & Meat Products
Thoroughly cooked meat (e.g. beef, pork, veal, poultry)
Raw meat or meat that has not been fully cooked (e.g.
Industrially produced meat products (e.g. sausage,
steak rare or medium, raw minced meat, carpaccio)
Raw meat products (e.g. types of sausage like
cooked ham) – not raw or semi-cooked
Canned products
Mettwurst, Kantwurst, Landjäger, salami, smoked ham,
smoked meat, cured ham)
Offal
Fish & Fish Products
Thoroughly cooked fish and seafood (e.g. salmon,
Raw/semi-raw fish and seafood (e.g. sushi, oysters)
Smoked/marinated fish (e.g. smoked salmon, smoked
trout, char, herring)
Canned fish
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,
Unwashed vegetables and fruit, unwashed leaf salad,
cooked vegetables and fruit (e.g. stewed fruit), heated
unwashed fresh herbs, pre-cut fruit, pre-cut/pre-
frozen fruit and vegetables
packaged salads
Thoroughly washed leaf salad
Cooked sprouts and shoots, cultivated mushrooms
Cereal Products and Baked Goods
Bread, baked goods, pastries
Baked goods with fillings or toppings containing raw milk
Cereals, muesli
or raw eggs (e.g. certain types of cream filling)
Drinks
Drinking water, pre-packaged mineral water
Strictly avoid alcohol (also foods containing alcohol)
Industrially produced vegetable and fruit juices and
Drinks containing quinine (e.g. tonic water, bitter lemon)
(Sweetened) drinks with a high caffeine content (e.g.
smoothies
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
Raw eggs or eggs that are not cooked through (e.g. eggs
Industrially processed mayonnaise and salad dressings
sunny side up), mayonnaise and sweets made from raw
Pre-packaged ice cream
eggs (e.g. Tiramisu, chocolate mousse)
Soft serve
Pre-packaged olives and antipasti
Unpackaged meat/fish salads and (gourmet) salads, and
unpackaged marinated cheese, olives, antipasti, spreads,
etc.
If you want to find out more, please refer to the document: “Recommendations on how to avoid infections during pregnancy” (not available in English) at
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