No known issues Doola Scan's answer in the United States
Brie, cold or baked, shows No known issues in Doola Scan for breastfeeding in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. None of these countries' breastfeeding food lists names brie. The FDA's advice to choose brie made with pasteurized milk is on its page for moms-to-be, and the NHS soft cheese advice is on its pregnancy page. For breastfeeding, the CDC says women generally do not need to limit or avoid specific foods, and the HSE says there is no need to exclude any food.
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Brie, cold, on a cheese board or in a sandwich
No known issuesIn all six countries
Baked brie, warm from the oven
No known issuesIn all six countries
Doola Scan checking a plate
What each country says
Brie while breastfeeding: what each country says.
Each country's own breastfeeding guidance on brie, with a link to it. Doola Scan uses your country's first.
No known issues
None of the six countries' breastfeeding guidance names brie.
Questions
About brie while breastfeeding.
Brie shows No known issues in Doola Scan for breastfeeding in all six countries, cold or baked. The CDC says women generally do not need to limit or avoid specific foods while breastfeeding, apart from limits on some seafood.
Some brie is made from pasteurised milk and some from raw milk, and the label says which. In pregnancy, the FDA asks for soft cheeses such as brie to be made with pasteurized milk. For breastfeeding, Doola Scan shows No known issues for pasteurised and unpasteurised brie in all six countries.
The soft cheese advice from the FDA and the NHS sits on their pregnancy pages, and none of the six countries' breastfeeding food lists repeats it for brie. The NHS breastfeeding diet page says you do not need to follow a special diet while you're breastfeeding.
Baked brie shows No known issues in Doola Scan for breastfeeding in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, the same as cold brie.
The NHS includes dairy foods such as milk, cheese and yoghurt in a healthy diet while breastfeeding, and suggests lower-fat and lower-sugar products where possible. It doesn't single out brie.
Camembert, another soft white-rind cheese, also shows No known issues in Doola Scan for breastfeeding in all six countries. None of these countries' breastfeeding food lists names it.
Hay brie de leche pasteurizada y de leche cruda; la etiqueta lo indica. Para la lactancia, Doola Scan muestra No known issues para el brie en los seis países, frío u horneado.
Yes. Take a photo of the board, the label or the menu, and Doola Scan checks each item against your country's guidance for breastfeeding. Food scans are free, 3 a day.
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Doola shows what official guidance says; it never diagnoses. No known issues means none of these countries' breastfeeding guidance names it, not a promise that a food is safe.
Doola Scan's answer in the United States
No known issues