White wine sauce during pregnancy?

[susie12345]

Hi
Probably a stupid question but is it safe to eat pasta sauce that contains white wine during pregnancy? The sauce is in a jar, and in ingredients it says white wine. Thanks

Absolutely fine. The alcohol content in the sauce will be next to nothing, even before the sauce is cooked.

Ok great thank you, looking forward to it all day so glad its ok :)

Yes, absolutely fine. Even if it hasn’t been cooked off (which requires high temps for a surprisingly long amount of time - more than people tend to realise) it will be such a tiny amount. Technically, you can have a glass of wine with your pasta and you would still be fine (others would disagree).

Absolutely. Things like steak and ale pie, white wine in sauces, the alcohol gets cooked off. I wouldn't recommend a massive slab of boozy boozy Christmas cake (I have a recipe that involves almost an entire bottle of sherry fed to it over the course of 6 months! It's lethal!) But in most recipes it's only a tiny percentage of the ingredient makes it to you in a single portion.

With alcohol in pregnancy I do believe it can be a little over the top with the no consumption rule. A sip here and there of beer I think is fine, even half a glass of wine with dinner every now and then doesn't hurt. Hard liquor is totally a no-no imo though.

Alcohol evaporates at about 70°C, so as long as it is cooked, there will be no alcohol left in the food.
It's the same reason why bread isn't alcoholic, it's produced in the rising process but evaporated in the oven.

Thank you everyone, i panic over everything, never realized how little i knew :)