diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index a96bcae..7974b6a 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ indent_style = space
 indent_size = 2
 
 # don't add newlines to test files
-[spec/examples/*]
+[tests/*]
 indent_style = tabs
 trim_trailing_whitespace = false
 insert_final_newline = false
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aab5930..2f39868 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [1.0.0] - TBC
 ### Changed
 - **Important:** Changed namespace from `\Html2Text\Html2Text` to `\Soundasleep\Html2text` [#45](https://github.com/soundasleep/html2text/issues/45)
-- Convert non-breaking spaces to regular spaces to prevent output issues
+- Treat non-breaking spaces consistently: never include them in output text [#64](https://github.com/soundasleep/html2text/pull/64)
 - Optimise/improve newline & whitespace handling [#47](https://github.com/soundasleep/html2text/pull/47)
 - Upgrade PHP support to PHP 7.3+
 - Upgrade PHPUnit to 7.x
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25705c0..be735dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,10 +33,12 @@ Hello, World!
 This is some e-mail content. Even though it has whitespace and newlines, the e-mail converter will handle it correctly.
 
 Even mismatched tags.
+
 A div
 Another div
 A div
 within a div
+
 [A link](http://foo.com)
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/Html2Text.php b/src/Html2Text.php
index 4926a12..0dc34f9 100644
--- a/src/Html2Text.php
+++ b/src/Html2Text.php
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ static function fixNewlines($text) {
 		return $text;
 	}
 
+	static function nbspCodes() {
+		return array(
+			"\xc2\xa0",
+			"\u00a0",
+		);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Remove leading or trailing spaces and excess empty lines from provided multiline text
 	 *
@@ -80,7 +87,7 @@ static function processWhitespaceNewlines($text) {
 		// convert non-breaking spaces to regular spaces to prevent output issues,
 		// do it here so they do NOT get removed with other leading spaces, as they
 		// are sometimes used for indentation
-		$text = str_replace("\xc2\xa0", " ", $text);
+		$text = str_replace(static::nbspCodes(), " ", $text);
 
 		// remove trailing whitespace
 		$text = rtrim($text);
@@ -151,7 +158,7 @@ static function isOfficeDocument($html) {
 	}
 
 	static function isWhitespace($text) {
-		return strlen(trim($text, "\n\r\t ")) === 0;
+		return strlen(trim(str_replace(static::nbspCodes(), " ", $text), "\n\r\t ")) === 0;
 	}
 
 	static function nextChildName($node) {
@@ -163,11 +170,14 @@ static function nextChildName($node) {
 					break;
 				}
 			}
+
 			if ($nextNode instanceof \DOMElement) {
 				break;
 			}
+
 			$nextNode = $nextNode->nextSibling;
 		}
+
 		$nextName = null;
 		if (($nextNode instanceof \DOMElement || $nextNode instanceof \DOMText) && $nextNode != null) {
 			$nextName = strtolower($nextNode->nodeName);
@@ -177,28 +187,29 @@ static function nextChildName($node) {
 	}
 
 	static function iterateOverNode($node, $prevName = null, $in_pre = false, $is_office_document = false) {
-
 		if ($node instanceof \DOMText) {
 		  // Replace whitespace characters with a space (equivilant to \s)
 			if ($in_pre) {
-				$text = "\n" . trim($node->wholeText, "\n\r\t ") . "\n";
+				$text = "\n" . trim(str_replace(static::nbspCodes(), " ", $node->wholeText), "\n\r\t ") . "\n";
+
 				// Remove trailing whitespace only
 				$text = preg_replace("/[ \t]*\n/im", "\n", $text);
+
 				// armor newlines with \r.
 				return str_replace("\n", "\r", $text);
+
 			} else {
-				$text = preg_replace("/[\\t\\n\\f\\r ]+/im", " ", $node->wholeText);
+				$text = str_replace(static::nbspCodes(), " ", $node->wholeText);
+				$text = preg_replace("/[\\t\\n\\f\\r ]+/im", " ", $text);
+
 				if (!static::isWhitespace($text) && ($prevName == 'p' || $prevName == 'div')) {
 					return "\n" . $text;
 				}
 				return $text;
 			}
 		}
-		if ($node instanceof \DOMDocumentType) {
-			// ignore
-			return "";
-		}
-		if ($node instanceof \DOMProcessingInstruction) {
+
+		if ($node instanceof \DOMDocumentType || $node instanceof \DOMProcessingInstruction) {
 			// ignore
 			return "";
 		}
@@ -254,6 +265,7 @@ static function iterateOverNode($node, $prevName = null, $in_pre = false, $is_of
 					$name = 'br';
 					break;
 				}
+
 				// add two lines
 				$output = "\n\n";
 				break;
@@ -293,7 +305,7 @@ static function iterateOverNode($node, $prevName = null, $in_pre = false, $is_of
 			$parts = array();
 			$trailing_whitespace = 0;
 
-			while($n != null) {
+			while ($n != null) {
 
 				$text = static::iterateOverNode($n, $previousSiblingName, $in_pre || $name == 'pre', $is_office_document);
 
@@ -317,7 +329,7 @@ static function iterateOverNode($node, $prevName = null, $in_pre = false, $is_of
 			}
 
 			// Remove trailing whitespace, important for the br check below
-			while($trailing_whitespace-- > 0) {
+			while ($trailing_whitespace-- > 0) {
 				array_pop($parts);
 			}
 
diff --git a/tests/nbsp.txt b/tests/nbsp.txt
index efdde8c..b09619d 100644
--- a/tests/nbsp.txt
+++ b/tests/nbsp.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-hello   world & people < > &NBSP;
\ No newline at end of file
+hello world & people < > &NBSP;
\ No newline at end of file