Can I eat it while pregnant?
Search for a food: safe, needs care, or best avoided.
- Blue cheeseAvoid
- Parsley (large amounts)Use caution
- Homemade mayonnaiseAvoid
- Ready-made mayonnaise and saucesSafe
- Lemon balm teaUse caution
- Lentils, chickpeas and pulsesSafe
- Liquorice root (liquorice tea and drinks)Avoid
- Packaged fruit juiceUse caution
- Stuffed mussels (midye dolma)Use caution
- Microwaved mealsSafe
- Mozzarella (pasteurised)Safe
- BananaSafe
- Peppermint teaUse caution
- Pomegranate and its juiceSafe
- Omelette, menemen and fried egg (fully cooked)Safe
- Herbed cheese (otlu peynir)Use caution
- Chamomile teaUse caution
- Unripe papayaAvoid
- Ripe papayaUse caution
- Pastirma (air-dried cured beef)Avoid
- Pasteurised milkSafe
- Potato (cooked)Safe
- PâtéAvoid
- Aubergine / eggplant (cooked)Safe
- Pekmez (grape, mulberry, carob molasses)Safe
- Rice and pilafSafe
- Protein powder and sports supplementsUse caution
- Soft-boiled and runny eggsAvoid
- Fennel teaUse caution
- Rooibos teaSafe
- SaffronUse caution
- Salep (hot orchid-root drink)Safe
- Organ meats (kidney, brain, spleen)Use caution
- SalamiUse caution
- Şalgam (fermented turnip-carrot juice)Use caution
- SardineSafe
- Garlic and onionSafe
- Parmesan and other hard cheesesSafe
- Hot chocolateSafe
- Freshly squeezed juice (from a stand)Use caution
- Black teaUse caution
- Smoked salmon (cold-smoked)Avoid
- Salmon (fully cooked)Safe
- Sausage / hot dogUse caution
- Soy products (tofu, soy milk)Safe
- SteviaUse caution
- Drinking waterSafe
- Sucuk (Turkish dry sausage)Use caution
- Sesame seedsSafe
- Sushi and sashimi (raw fish)Avoid
- Rice pudding (sütlaç, cooked)Safe
- TahiniSafe
- Taramasalata (fish roe dip)Use caution
- CinnamonUse caution
- Undercooked chickenAvoid
- Chicken (well cooked)Safe
- Fresh salad (well washed)Safe
- ButterSafe
- Canned tunaUse caution
- Fresh tuna steakUse caution
General information. Ask your doctor about your personal situation.