Can I eat gouda while pregnant?
Doola Scan's answer in the United StatesGouda made from pasteurised milk shows No known issues in Doola Scan in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, and smoked gouda does too. Gouda isn't named in these countries' pregnancy food lists; what changes it is raw milk. Gouda made from unpasteurised milk shows Avoid in the US, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, and Check in the UK and Canada, which accept some raw-milk cheese. So the check is the label.
Checked against Doola Scan's pregnancy rules · UpdatedGouda, sliced, cubed or melted, from a pasteurised-milk pack
No known issuesIn all six countriesSmoked gouda
No known issuesIn all six countries
Gouda while pregnant: what each country says.
Each country's own pregnancy guidance on gouda, with a link to it. Doola Scan uses your country's first.
No known issuesNone of the six countries' pregnancy guidance names gouda.
United States
No known issuesUnited Kingdom
No known issuesGouda made from raw (unpasteurised) milk- NHSUnpasteurised dairy may contain listeria.Source
Canada
No known issuesAustralia
No known issuesNew Zealand
No known issuesGouda made from raw (unpasteurised) milk- MPI (NZ Food Safety)Avoid raw milk, raw-milk cheeses and raw-milk yoghurts.Source
Before you eat gouda.
Check the label says pasteurised milk
The FDA asks you to make sure all the dairy you have in pregnancy is made with pasteurised milk, and to check the label. It says some cheeses sold locally, on farms or in cheese shops, aren't. FDA
If it's raw milk, cook it or leave it, by country
The FDA says not to eat any cheese made with unpasteurised milk. The NHS asks for foods made from unpasteurised milk to be thoroughly cooked, unless they're hard cheeses, and Health Canada says any cheese is fine cooked, as in a casserole. FDA
About gouda
in pregnancy.
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Download app nowDoola 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.