No known issues Doola Scan's answer in the United States
Peanut butter, smooth or crunchy, 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 every trimester. The NHS says you can eat peanuts and other nuts in pregnancy unless you have an allergy or a doctor or midwife has told you not to. No rule names peanut butter, so there are no extra steps on this page. Health NZ asks for a serving of nuts and seeds every day in pregnancy, and counts a small handful (30 g) as one.
Checked against Doola Scan's pregnancy rules · Updated
Smooth peanut butter, on toast, in sandwiches or in sauces
No known issuesIn all six countries
Crunchy peanut butter
No known issuesIn all six countries
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What each country says
Peanut butter while pregnant: what each country says.
Each country's own pregnancy guidance on peanut butter, with a link to it. Doola Scan uses your country's first.
No known issues
None of the six countries' pregnancy guidance names peanut butter.
Questions
About peanut butter in pregnancy.
The guidance doesn't change by trimester. Peanut butter isn't named in any of these six countries' pregnancy food lists in the first trimester or later, and Doola Scan shows No known issues for it throughout.
The guidance is the same in the third trimester as in the first. The NHS's line on peanuts, that you can eat them unless you're allergic or have been told not to, applies all through pregnancy.
The NHS lists nuts among the protein foods to eat every day in pregnancy. Health NZ puts nuts and seeds in the food group that gives protein, iron and zinc, and Health Canada says nuts contain healthy fats. None of them singles out peanut butter.
The NHS says you can eat peanuts and other nuts in pregnancy unless you've been told not to by a doctor or midwife or you have an allergy. If you're allergic to peanuts, that comes first, and your doctor or midwife can advise you.
None of these countries sets a limit for peanut butter. Health NZ counts a small handful (30 g) of nuts or seeds as one serving and asks for at least one serving of nuts and seeds a day in pregnancy.
Crunchy peanut butter shows No known issues in Doola Scan, as smooth does. A natural or no-added-salt jar is read as peanut butter too; for spreads with added sugar or salt, the NHS suggests using food labels to help you choose.
Peanut butter isn't on the pregnancy food lists of the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or Ireland, and Doola Scan shows No known issues for it. The NHS says you can eat peanuts in pregnancy unless you're allergic or have been told not to.
Yes. Take a photo of the jar's label, the plate or the menu, and Doola Scan checks every ingredient against your country's pregnancy guidance, including the rest of a satay or a sandwich. 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