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Is Marmite safe during pregnancy? The short answer is yes

Is Marmite safe during pregnancy? The short answer is yes

Marmite is safe to eat in pregnancy and it is a genuinely useful source of folate, the nutrient that matters most in the first trimester. That does not make it a substitute for the folic acid supplement the NHS tells you to take, and the salt is worth keeping an eye on: about 0.86g in an 8g serving, roughly 14 per cent of an adult's daily reference intake. What the guidance actually says, without the scaremongering.

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