No known issues Doola Scan's answer in the United States
Beef jerky isn't on the pregnancy food lists of the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or Ireland, so Doola Scan shows No known issues for it in all six. No rule names jerky, so there are no extra steps on this page. The lists do name foods close to it: the CDC asks for fermented or dry sausages to be reheated to 165°F or until steaming hot, and Health Canada lists dried and salted deli meats, like some pepperoni and salami, among the choices it suggests instead. A meat stick made from dry sausage is read under the sausage guidance, not as jerky.
Checked against Doola Scan's pregnancy rules · Updated
Beef jerky from the pack
No known issuesIn all six countries
Jerky made from other meats, such as turkey or pork
No known issuesIn all six countries
Homemade jerky
No known issuesIn all six countries
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What each country says
Beef jerky while pregnant: what each country says.
Each country's own pregnancy guidance on beef jerky, with a link to it. Doola Scan uses your country's first.
No known issues
None of the six countries' pregnancy guidance names beef jerky.
Questions
About beef jerky in pregnancy.
Doola Scan shows No known issues for beef jerky in all six countries it covers. None of these countries' pregnancy food lists names jerky, so there is no country line to follow for it.
The listeria guidance in these countries names deli meats, hot dogs and fermented or dry sausages, and asks for them heated until steaming hot. Jerky isn't on those lists. Health Canada suggests dried and salted deli meats, including those sold unrefrigerated, as choices instead of refrigerated ones.
Doola Scan reads a Slim Jim as a dry sausage stick, not as jerky: Check in the US, UK, Canada and Ireland and Avoid in Australia and New Zealand. FoodSafety.gov asks for dry sausage to be reheated to 165°F or until steaming hot.
Read the nutrition panel. The FDA counts 5% Daily Value of sodium or less per serving as low and 20% or more as high, and says the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend adults limit sodium to less than 2,300 mg a day.
None of these countries' pregnancy lists names jerky, for or against. Health NZ says red meat such as lean beef and lamb are the best sources of iron, and the FDA's sodium numbers help you compare jerky labels.
Homemade jerky also shows No known issues in Doola Scan in all six countries. None of their pregnancy food lists gives a separate line for it.
Doola Scan's answer is the same in every trimester: No known issues in all six countries. None of them changes its meat guidance by stage of pregnancy.
Yes. Take a photo of the pack, and Doola Scan checks the ingredients against your country's pregnancy guidance, including any cured sausage in a mixed snack pack. Food scans are free, 3 a day.
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Point Doola at a plate, a menu or a label. It checks every ingredient against your country's pregnancy guidance and shows its sources. Food scans are free, 3 a day.
Doola shows what official guidance says; it never diagnoses. No known issues means none of these countries' pregnancy guidance names it, not a promise that a food is safe.
Doola Scan's answer in the United States
No known issues