No known issues Doola Scan's answer in the United States
Sauerkraut, raw from the fridge, from a jar or cooked, isn't named on the pregnancy food lists of the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or Ireland, so Doola Scan shows No known issues for it. That covers unpasteurised and homemade sauerkraut too. The one body that writes about fermented food in general is Health NZ: it says fermented food and drinks, such as kombucha, may contain low levels of alcohol and should be avoided in pregnancy. It doesn't name sauerkraut, and Doola Scan doesn't apply that line to it.
Checked against Doola Scan's pregnancy rules · Updated
Sauerkraut from a jar or can
No known issuesIn all six countries
Raw, unpasteurised sauerkraut from the fridge
No known issuesIn all six countries
Homemade sauerkraut
No known issuesIn all six countries
Sauerkraut cooked with sausages, pork or in soup
No known issuesIn all six countries
Doola Scan checking a plate
What each country says
Sauerkraut while pregnant: what each country says.
Each country's own pregnancy guidance on sauerkraut, with a link to it. Doola Scan uses your country's first.
No known issues
None of the six countries' pregnancy guidance names sauerkraut.
Questions
About sauerkraut in pregnancy.
Raw, unpasteurised sauerkraut from the fridge shows No known issues in Doola Scan in all six countries, as jarred and cooked sauerkraut do. None of these countries' pregnancy food lists names sauerkraut, raw or cooked.
Health NZ says fermented food and drinks, such as kombucha, may contain low levels of alcohol from the brewing process and should be avoided in pregnancy. It doesn't name sauerkraut, and Doola Scan shows No known issues for sauerkraut in New Zealand; kimchi, which Doola Scan does read under that advice, shows Check.
None of these bodies names sauerkraut as good for pregnancy. The NHS asks for at least 5 portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables a day in pregnancy, and says these can be fresh, frozen, canned, dried or juiced.
The sauerkraut isn't on any list; the hot dog is what Doola Scan checks. The FDA and FoodSafety.gov ask for hot dogs reheated until steaming hot, and the hot dog page shows each country's advice.
The guidance is the same in every trimester. Sauerkraut isn't named at any stage of pregnancy in these six countries.
Las listas de alimentos para el embarazo de Estados Unidos, Reino Unido, Canadá, Australia, Nueva Zelanda e Irlanda no mencionan el chucrut, y Doola Scan muestra No known issues, crudo, en frasco o cocinado. Health NZ pide evitar los alimentos fermentados en general porque pueden contener algo de alcohol, pero no nombra el chucrut.
Die Schwangerschafts-Lebensmittellisten der USA, Großbritanniens, Kanadas, Australiens, Neuseelands und Irlands nennen Sauerkraut nicht, und Doola Scan zeigt No known issues, roh oder gekocht. Health NZ rät allgemein von fermentierten Lebensmitteln ab, weil sie etwas Alkohol enthalten können, nennt Sauerkraut aber nicht.
Yes. Take a photo of the plate, the menu or the jar's label, and Doola Scan checks every ingredient against your country's pregnancy guidance, sausages and sandwich fillings included. 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