Can I eat grapefruit while pregnant?
Doola Scan's answer in the United StatesGrapefruit 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 the fruit and for carton grapefruit juice. What the FDA does warn about is medicine: it says grapefruit and grapefruit juice can affect the way some medicines work, so ask your doctor or pharmacist if you take any. Fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice follows each country's unpasteurised juice advice, which Doola Scan shows as Check.
Checked against Doola Scan's pregnancy rules · UpdatedFresh grapefruit, pink, red or white, halved or in segments
No known issuesIn all six countriesGrapefruit juice from a carton or bottle
No known issuesIn all six countries
Grapefruit while pregnant: what each country says.
Each country's own pregnancy guidance on grapefruit, with a link to it. Doola Scan uses your country's first.
No known issuesNone of the six countries' pregnancy guidance names grapefruit.
United States
No known issuesCanada
No known issuesAustralia
No known issuesNew Zealand
No known issuesFresh-squeezed grapefruit juice (unpasteurised)- Health NZPasteurised juice, kombucha and non-alcoholic cider OK; unpasteurised (raw) don't drink.Source
Before you eat grapefruit.
Ask about grapefruit if you take any medicine
The FDA says grapefruit and grapefruit juice can affect the way some prescription and over-the-counter medicines work, and that it does not affect every drug. It asks you to read the medication guide or Drug Facts label and ask your doctor or pharmacist. It adds that Seville oranges, pomelos and tangelos might have the same effect. FDA
Boil fresh-squeezed juice, or choose pasteurised
FoodSafety.gov asks for unpasteurised juice to be brought to a rolling boil for at least 1 minute before a pregnant woman drinks it. Health NZ says pasteurised juice is OK to drink and unpasteurised (raw) juice is not. FoodSafety.gov
About grapefruit
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.