Can I eat sour cream while pregnant?
Doola Scan's answer in the United StatesSour cream made from pasteurised cream shows No known issues in Doola Scan in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, on nachos, a baked potato or in a dip. The NHS lists any pasteurised cream among dairy you can have in pregnancy, and unpasteurised cream among foods to avoid. So the one check is the label: sour cream made from unpasteurised cream shows Avoid in all six. Crème fraîche reads the same.
Checked against Doola Scan's pregnancy rules · UpdatedSour cream from the tub, on tacos or a baked potato
No known issuesIn all six countriesSour cream with nachos
No known issuesIn all six countriesCrème fraîche and soured cream
No known issuesIn all six countries
Sour cream while pregnant: what each country says.
Each country's own pregnancy guidance on sour cream, with a link to it. Doola Scan uses your country's first.
No known issuesNone of the six countries' pregnancy guidance names sour cream.
United States
No known issuesUnited Kingdom
No known issuesCanada
No known issuesAustralia
No known issuesSour cream made from unpasteurised (raw) cream- Better Health Channel (Victoria)Avoid unpasteurised milk and foods made from it.Source
- FSANZAvoid raw milk and raw-milk cheeses; choose pasteurised dairy.Source
- NSW Food AuthorityDo not drink or use unpasteurised (raw) dairy.Source
- NSW HealthDo not eat unpasteurised milk or milk products.Source
- Pregnancy, Birth and Baby (Australian Government Dept of Health)Only dairy made from pasteurised milk.Source
New Zealand
No known issuesSour cream made from unpasteurised (raw) cream- Health NZAvoid unpasteurised dairy products.Source
Ireland
No known issues
Before you eat sour cream.
Check the tub says pasteurised
The FDA asks you to make sure all the dairy you have in pregnancy is made with pasteurised milk, and to check the label. The NHS lists unpasteurised cream among foods to avoid in pregnancy. FDA
Keep it in the fridge
The FDA asks for milk products to be kept refrigerated at 40°F (4°C). Put an opened tub of sour cream back in the fridge after serving. FDA
About sour cream
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.