Spinach: Every Food Safety Answer

This page pulls together the 3 spinach answers on the site: how long it keeps, whether you can reheat it and where it stands in pregnancy. The table gives the short answer for each; the page behind each row gives the full reasoning, the source and the exceptions.

In pregnancy: Yes — spinach is safe during pregnancy. Wash it thoroughly before eating to remove any soil, which can carry toxoplasmosis.

Worth knowing: Reheating spinach is safe. You may have heard that vegetables like spinach or beetroot become dangerous when reheated because of nitrates — food safety agencies consider this a myth at normal dietary levels for adults; the nitrate caution applies mainly to preparing food for young babies.