No known issues Doola Scan's answer in the United States
Raisins aren't on the pregnancy food lists of the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or Ireland, so Doola Scan shows No known issues for raisins, sultanas and mixed dried fruit. No rule names them, so there's nothing to check. The NHS counts dried fruit towards the 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day it asks for in pregnancy: about 30g, a heaped tablespoon of raisins, is one portion. It suggests eating dried fruit at mealtimes rather than as a snack, to reduce the risk of tooth decay.
Checked against Doola Scan's pregnancy rules · Updated
Raisins, on their own or in cereal and baking
No known issuesIn all six countries
Sultanas and golden raisins
No known issuesIn all six countries
Mixed dried fruit
No known issuesIn all six countries
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What each country says
Raisins while pregnant: what each country says.
Each country's own pregnancy guidance on raisins, with a link to it. Doola Scan uses your country's first.
No known issues
None of the six countries' pregnancy guidance names raisins.
Questions
About raisins in pregnancy.
The NHS counts dried fruit towards your 5 a day in pregnancy, and about 30g of raisins is one portion. It also lists dried fruit like apricots, prunes and raisins among the foods to eat more of for iron deficiency anaemia, which it says pregnancy commonly causes.
The guidance doesn't change by trimester. None of these six countries' pregnancy food lists names raisins, in the first trimester or later.
The guidance is the same all through pregnancy: none of these countries lists raisins, and Doola Scan shows No known issues in every trimester.
Sultanas aren't on any of these countries' pregnancy food lists either, and Doola Scan shows No known issues for them and for golden raisins. The NHS counts a heaped tablespoon of sultanas as one of your 5 a day.
None of these countries' pregnancy guidance sets a limit for raisins. The NHS says a portion of dried fruit is around 30g, about a heaped tablespoon, and that dried fruit is best eaten as part of a meal to reduce the risk of tooth decay.
The NHS says fruit and vegetables provide fibre, which helps digestion and can help prevent constipation, and it counts dried fruit among them. It doesn't name raisins for constipation.
None of these countries' pregnancy food lists names raisins for gestational diabetes. The NHS asks you to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables and avoid sugary foods; your midwife or diabetes team can tell you how dried fruit fits your plan.
Raisins (kishmish) aren't on the pregnancy food lists of the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or Ireland, and Doola Scan shows No known issues. The NHS counts about 30g, a heaped tablespoon, as one of your 5 a day, and suggests eating dried fruit with a meal rather than as a snack, to protect your teeth.
Doola Scan shows No known issues for raisins wherever they are. The other ingredients have their own rules: raw cookie dough, for example, has its own page.
Yes. Take a photo of the plate, the menu or the label, and Doola Scan checks every ingredient against your country's pregnancy guidance. 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' pregnancy guidance names it, not a promise that a food is safe.
Doola Scan's answer in the United States
No known issues