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Most pregnancy food searches fail because they miss one detail: the exact product, how it was prepared, where you live, or whether you already ate it. Pick the closest path first, then use the full directory if your question is more specific.
Check one food before you eat it
Use the app workflow when the question is specific: a food name, a label photo, a restaurant meal, a leftover, or a preparation detail.
See the food checker appFast pathMatch a package to a recall
Use the recall checker when you have a lot code, date, barcode, establishment number, case number, or official notice.
Open the recall checkerFast pathYou already ate something concerning
Use the exposure guide to save the timing, package details, cleanup steps, symptoms, and care-team question in one place.
Read what to do nextStart with your question
You do not need to read every page. Pick the situation that matches what you are checking now.
I want to check one food before I eat it
Start with the app workflow when you need Nouri to keep the food, preparation, label, country, and timing in the same question.
See how the food checker worksI have a food, protein powder, or supplement label
Choose Food or Supplement, then paste the wording to find facts-panel details, ingredients, serving size, warnings, pasteurization, storage, dates, and allergens.
Open the label checkerI am checking cheese, queso fresco, or a deli-sliced cheese
Start with the cheese type, pasteurized wording, country, whether it was sliced or repacked, whether it was heated, and whether an FDA recall names the product.
Check the cheese guideI need to check a food recall
Pull out the lot, barcode, date, establishment, and case details before comparing the package with the official notice.
Check the recall detailsI already ate a recalled food
Start with exact recall matching, save the package and timing, then use symptoms and official guidance to decide what to ask your care team.
Read the recall exposure guideI feel sick after eating or I am worried about food poisoning
Sort symptoms, timing, temperature, fluids, Listeria risk, recall clues, and the exact message to send your clinician, midwife, maternity service, or urgent care.
Read the food poisoning guideI am choosing tuna or checking fish mercury
Separate canned light, skipjack, albacore, yellowfin, ahi, and bigeye before comparing the amount with country-specific fish advice.
Check the tuna guideI am checking bagged, prewashed, or restaurant salad
Start with refrigeration, label wording, recall status, and whether you can verify the store or restaurant details.
Check the bagged salad guideI am checking sprouts in pho, sandwiches, or salad
Separate raw sprouts from thoroughly cooked sprouts, then save the restaurant or package details if you need to ask Nouri or your care team.
Check the sprouts guideI need a cooking temperature
Look up the current U.S. temperature or visual check for meat, poultry, fish, eggs, casseroles, and leftovers.
Find a cooking temperatureI am deciding between raw, cooked, or vegetarian sushi
Check the preparation first, then separate the foodborne risk from the fish-mercury question.
Check the sushi situationI am checking a runny egg, pasteurized egg, or sauce
Choose the preparation and country, then check pasteurization wording or the U.K. assurance mark.
Check the egg situationI am checking hummus, tahini, or a chilled dip
Start with the country and the label. Australia, the U.S., and the U.K. do not phrase hummus and tahini guidance the same way.
Check the hummus guideI am checking leftovers, delivery, or takeout
Apply room-temperature, refrigeration, and reheating timing to the meal you are handling.
Check the timingI want to total today's caffeine
Add drinks, foods, supplements, and medicines, then compare the total with guidance for your country.
Calculate the totalI tasted raw cookie dough, cake batter, or raw flour
Start with the raw flour question, not only the egg question. CDC says flour is usually raw, and ordinary baking dough is different from edible cookie dough sold to be eaten raw.
Check raw dough and batterI am checking a protein powder, collagen, whey, or plant shake
Read the full label before treating it as a simple protein food. Check Supplement Facts, serving size, added vitamins, caffeine, creatine, botanicals, allergens, directions, and warning text.
Check the protein powder label guideI am ordering Subway, pad thai, or another restaurant meal
Use the page that matches the actual decision: whether deli meat is heated through, whether sprouts are added raw, and which ingredients are only a concern in certain preparations.
Start with the restaurant ordering guideI need a food-specific lookup instead of a long article
Use the cheese, egg, sushi roll, recall, leftovers, caffeine, or exposure tools when the exact food name, cooking style, timing, or label wording matters more than a general rule.
Open the pregnancy cheese checkerI want a calm record of meals and questions
Build a private food diary with preparation, label, restaurant, and appointment context, without a calorie target or food score.
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All guides and tools
Browse the full collection when your question spans more than one label, ingredient, drink, or preparation method.
Pregnancy food checker and label scanner app
See how Nouri helps with pregnancy food questions, label photos, recall and leftover context, saved day history, profile notes, subscription access, and a private meal journal without replacing care-team advice.
Read the guideStart hereFoods to avoid during pregnancy
Compare higher-risk foods with safer choices, check cheese and queso fresco details, raw sprouts and current recall context, review bagged and prewashed salad guidance, search fish-mercury categories, and look up cooking temperatures.
Read the guidePasteurized, queso fresco, or deli-slicedCan you eat cheese while pregnant?
Check pasteurized labels, queso fresco-type cheeses, soft cheese, deli-sliced cheese, hot queso dip, current soft-cheese recall context, symptoms, and what package details to save before asking Nouri or a care team.
Read the guidePrewashed, recalled, or restaurant saladCan you eat bagged salad while pregnant?
Check bagged lettuce, prewashed salad kits, restaurant salads, refrigeration, washing, current iceberg lettuce recall context, symptoms, and what package details to save before asking Nouri or a care team.
Read the guideCooked, raw, or recalledCooked bean sprouts while pregnant
Start with the preparation: thoroughly cooked bean sprouts are the version pregnancy guidance points you towards, while raw or undercooked sprouts are the version to skip. Covers pad thai, pho, banh mi, salads, current recall context, and what to save if you already ate some.
Read the guideRecall exposure guideAte recalled food while pregnant?
Match the exact official recall notice, choose the right FDA, USDA FSIS, CDC, FoodSafety.gov, or local source, copy a shareable package checklist, check how long after eating Listeria symptoms can start, then build a concise care-team note with label photos and symptom timing.
Read the guideCod liver oil, retinol, and label checksCod liver oil and vitamin A in pregnancy
NHS says do not take cod liver oil or supplements containing vitamin A, and to always check the label. Two things get confused at that point: fish oil is not fish liver oil, and retinol is not beta-carotene, so carrots and sweet potato are not what the warning is about. Includes what NHS recommends instead.
Read the guidePrawns, mussels, oysters, and the raw lineShellfish while pregnant
NHS lists cooked prawns, crab, lobster, squid, mussels, scallops, clams and cockles as safe to eat, and raw shellfish as one to avoid. Check why cooking answers the bacterial risk, the marine biotoxins it does not reach, why that is still not a reason to skip cooked shellfish, and what to do if you already ate something raw.
Read the guideFermented drinks and the non-alcoholic labelKombucha while pregnant
Health Canada says kombucha, kefir and ginger beer contain ethanol that varies with the fermentation process and with distribution and storage, so a bottle is not fixed at the factory. Check what the non-alcoholic label legally means, the refrigeration step that limits further fermentation, and why alcohol guidance has no threshold to work with.
Read the guideCharcuterie, liver, and cold cured meatPâté and cured meat while pregnant
Liver pâté and prosciutto sit on the same board and are not the same question. Liver is a vitamin A problem that cooking cannot fix, so NHS says avoid it. Cured meats are an infection problem that heating can fix, so NHS says cook them until steaming hot. Check which is which, and which clock applies if you already ate some.
Read the guideCookie dough, cake batter, and raw flourRaw cookie dough while pregnant
Almost everyone worries about the raw egg, but CDC leads with the flour: most flour is raw, and grinding or bleaching does not kill E. coli or Salmonella. Check why pasteurized egg and eggless recipes do not solve it, what edible cookie dough actually changes, and the short window if you already tasted the spoon.
Read the guideCut fruit, platters, and pre-packaged potsMelon and pre-cut fruit while pregnant
CDC names melon among fruits because it is low in acid and often kept refrigerated for a long time, and both help Listeria grow. Check washing the rind before cutting, cut-fruit storage, buffet platters, pre-packaged fruit pots, and what to do if you already ate some.
Read the guideLeftovers, takeaway, and reheatingLeftover and reheated rice while pregnant
The Food Standards Agency says it is not the reheating that causes the problem but how the rice was stored before it. Check the one-hour cooling rule, the one-day fridge limit, why takeaway rice is treated separately, how to freeze cooked rice, and what to do if you already ate some.
Read the guideSymptoms, timing, and care-team notesFood poisoning while pregnant
Sort vomiting, diarrhea, fever, dehydration signs, Listeria symptoms, questionable-food timing, recalled-food clues, and the exact details to send your clinician, midwife, maternity service, or urgent care.
Read the guideLunch meat, cold cuts, or toasted subsCan you eat deli meat while pregnant?
Check cold lunch meat, cold cuts, toasted subs, microwaved deli meat, sandwich-shop orders, or already-eaten deli meat against current U.S. reheating guidance.
Read the guideRaw, cooked, or smokedCan you eat sushi while pregnant?
Check raw, cooked, California, tempura, vegetarian, smoked salmon, and roe sushi, then separate foodborne risk from the fish-mercury question.
Read the guideFish mercury guideCan you eat tuna while pregnant?
Use a one-minute tuna check to compare canned light, skipjack, albacore, yellowfin, ahi, and bigeye tuna, then save the tuna type, amount, preparation, country, timing, symptoms, and recall context before asking Nouri or a care team.
Read the guideRunny, pasteurized, or preservedCan you eat eggs while pregnant?
Check runny or fully cooked eggs, pasteurized products, century eggs, duck or quail eggs, egg salad, hidden egg in sauces, recalled shell eggs, and the U.S. or U.K. guidance that applies.
Read the guideTahini and chilled dipsCan you eat hummus while pregnant?
Compare store-bought, homemade, or restaurant hummus, tahini, sesame paste, refrigeration, storage timing, alternatives, and country-specific guidance before asking Nouri with the exact product context.
Read the guideSupplement label guideProtein powder during pregnancy
Check whey, collagen, plant protein, Supplement Facts, serving size, added vitamins, caffeine, creatine, botanicals, quality marks, warnings, and care-team questions before treating a powder as a simple protein choice.
Read the guideA warning for someone elseHoney during pregnancy
Honey does not appear on the NHS list of foods to avoid in pregnancy, a list that does name liver, pate, raw shellfish, swordfish and liquorice root. The botulism warning people half-remember is on the NHS baby-feeding page instead: both NHS and CDC describe toxins produced in a baby's intestines and say not to give honey until a child is over 1. Covers raw versus pasteurised, manuka, and the rule that becomes yours after the birth.
Read the guideOne garnish decisionPad thai during pregnancy
The noodles and egg are cooked to order in a very hot wok, and NHS says peanuts and other nuts are safe unless you are allergic or have been told otherwise. What is worth a decision is the raw bean sprouts on top, which usually go in after the cooking finishes. Includes the wording to use when ordering, plus the egg, prawns, fish sauce and raw herbs.
Read the guideOrdering at the counterCan you eat Subway while pregnant?
The chain is not the variable, the filling and its temperature are. Why asking for a sandwich toasted does not reliably heat the meat inside it, the wording that matches CDC's 165F or steaming hot threshold, which fillings never raise the question, and why tuna salad is two separate questions with different answers.
Read the guideCheese-by-name lookupPregnancy cheese checker
Look up feta, brie, halloumi, parmesan, queso fresco, blue and more, with a switch between US and UK guidance. Covers the two things most cheese advice gets backwards: hard cheese is on the NHS safe list even when unpasteurised, and brie stays on the cook-it-first list even when pasteurised. Also covers the queso fresco family, where CDC and FDA are firmer than NHS.
Read the guideAlready ate it? Which clock appliesHow long am I watching for after eating it?
Look up what you ate and see the window that actually applies, because it depends on the organism rather than the meal. Listeria runs to ten weeks, Salmonella about six days, Cyclospora relapses after seeming to pass, and mercury and vitamin A have no window because they are not infections.
Read the guideHeating-method lookupHow to heat deli meat while pregnant
Microwave, pan, air fryer, toasted sandwich, sandwich shop, warm but not steaming, heated then cooled, or already eaten cold. Explains why toasting a sandwich does not reliably heat the meat inside, and gives a check that works instead of a cooking time nobody can honestly provide.
Read the guideCooking-style lookupPregnancy egg cooking checker
Look up over easy, over hard, poached, scrambled, fried, soft and hard boiled, eggs Benedict, omelette, pasteurized, farm fresh, and century eggs. Keeps CDC firm-yolk guidance separate from the NHS British Lion exception, because the two countries genuinely disagree about runny yolks.
Read the guideRoll-by-roll lookupPregnancy sushi roll checker
Look up California, Philadelphia, shrimp tempura, eel, crab, veggie, onigiri, roe, spicy tuna and more by menu name. Each roll shows what it usually contains, why that matters, and the one question to ask, keeping raw fish, cold-smoked fish and mercury as separate checks.
Read the guideFish and tuna lookupPregnancy fish mercury checker
Search 62 fish and shellfish by name or nickname and see the FDA and EPA category each one sits in, plus how many servings a week that allows. Separates the four tuna types, which do not share a category, flags ahi as ambiguous between yellowfin and bigeye, and keeps mercury apart from the raw-fish question.
Read the guideInteractive toolPregnancy food and supplement label checker
Paste food, protein powder, whey, collagen, or Supplement Facts text to find useful wording, then review ingredients, serving size, warnings, quality marks, and missing context.
Read the guideRecall label toolPregnancy food recall checker by lot, UPC, and date
Find the package clues that decide whether a food recall applies: lot, UPC, PLU, barcode, date, establishment, P-code, Julian date, supplier, case, item, and shipping details. Then compare the exact food in your fridge, freezer, pantry, restaurant bag, or deli wrapper with official FDA or USDA notices.
Read the guideInteractive timing toolFood left out while pregnant? Leftovers timing checker
Check the 1-hour, 2-hour, 4-day, and 165 F rules for restaurant leftovers, delivery, takeout, pizza, rice, and home-cooked food, then copy a timing note into Nouri or a care-team message.
Read the guideDaily intake toolPregnancy caffeine calculator
Tap a common drink or enter milligrams from a label, compare the running total with the daily reference for your country, and look up NHS estimates for coffee, tea, cola, energy drinks and chocolate, plus coffee-shop variation and herbal tea limits.
Read the guidePrivate meal journalPregnancy food diary template
Record meals, food aversions, nausea notes, foodborne-illness timing, preparation, label details, and a one-minute appointment summary, then keep useful notes with Nouri when the browser tab is not enough.
Read the guideInteractive checklistIs this food safe during pregnancy?
Use a 60-second checklist to separate country guidance, label details, recalls, cooking, storage, restaurant context, and personal medical advice.
Read the guideHow these pages are reviewed
Health claims are checked against current guidance from organizations such as the CDC, FDA, ACOG, and NHS. Country-specific differences are named instead of blended into one universal rule. Nouri does not diagnose illness or replace your doctor, midwife, dietitian, or care team.
Read Nouri's evidence standardsWhat these pages can and cannot do
The interactive tools on this website run in your browser. They help you organize label wording, time, temperature, or caffeine amounts. They do not send those answers to Nouri, score a food as safe or unsafe, or calculate whether an exposure caused harm.
Details such as your country, pregnancy history, medical conditions, medicines, symptoms, the exact product, and how food was handled can change what advice applies. Contact your clinician, midwife, maternity service, dietitian, pharmacist, poison center, or local health service when you need advice about your own situation.
Questions about the Nouri guides
Where should I start with a specific packaged food?
Start with the pregnancy food and supplement label checker. Paste the wording from the package, then check its ingredients, serving size, storage, preparation, and country-specific guidance before deciding what to do.
Which Nouri page totals caffeine during pregnancy?
Use the pregnancy caffeine calculator. It adds multiple sources and compares the total with current guidance for the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, or Ireland.
Can these guides tell me whether an exposure caused harm?
No. These pages explain general food-handling and public-health guidance. Contact your clinician, maternity service, poison center, or local health service for symptoms, a specific exposure, a medical condition, or an urgent concern.
Which page helps me compare a package with a food recall?
Use the pregnancy food recall checker to find lot, barcode, date, establishment, and case details, then open the current official USDA or FDA record. It does not decide that a product is clear.
Have a question about the food in front of you?
Ask Nouri in your own words or scan a product label. If preparation or storage changes the answer, Nouri is designed to keep that uncertainty visible.