Gaots cheese

[muffinchops]

I know you are meant to steer clear of goats cheese in pregnancy, but I have a very enticing goats cheese and spinach tarte flamme from Sainsburys sitting in the fridge that I was intending to feed to friends at the weekend but ended up not doing. Given that it is going to be heated through, would it be ok to partake or should I avoid and drool as dh hoovers it up instead?

[squishy]

I think (and someone will correct me if I'm wrong ) that as long as it's cooked, it will be fine! I eat other cheeses (feta, camembert) that's cooked!!! Sounds yummy, I miss goats cheese!!

[LucyJones]

Agree with Squishy. If it's cooked thoroughly it's fine

[bubblylion]

Oh dear, i didn't realise I've just had a goats cheese and advocado salad, after reading a feta chhese receipe in my pregnancy book. I was planning to have goats cheese salad for lunch tomorrow. I thought feta cheese is goats cheese, is this not the case?

[squishy]

Hmmm, I thought feta was sheep's cheese. But the goats cheese I had in mind is the slightly bitter (but deliciously creamy!) and crumbly one but not stored in juices, like feta. My book says both, uncooked, are to be avoided but have had tons of cooked feta during the summer

[bubblylion]

Oh well, think I'll just have one more salad tomorrow, then stop. Might as well have a bit more now its in the fridge. Sure a bit more won't hurt.

[Seona1973]

You can eat Feta during pregnancy and only need to avoid goats cheese that has a rind on it similar to camembert, brie, etc (the goats cheese is called chèvre)

From food standards agency:

Avoid cheeses such as Camembert, Brie or chèvre (a type of goats? cheese), or others that have a similar rind. You should also avoid blue cheeses

Foods you don't need to avoid:

Many types of cheese including:
Hard cheese, such as Cheddar and Parmesan
Feta
Ricotta
Mascarpone
Cream cheese
Mozzarella
Cottage cheese
Processed cheese, such as cheese spreads


Is it OK to eat goats' cheese when I'm pregnant?

There are different types of goats' cheeses available. The type that is probably most common in the UK has a white rind similar to Brie and Camembert. This type of goats' cheese is sometimes called Chevre and is often served in restaurants, for example in a goats' cheese salad. You should avoid this when you are pregnant. However, other types of goats' cheese that don't have this kind of rind should be fine to eat, particularly hard cheeses.

[muffinchops]

cheers for that. Very helpful.

[aDAdOnMumsnet]

I think it's to do with whether it's pasteurised or not, and most soft cheeses with rinds aren't - camemberts, bries etc, blue, goats. But you can get pasteurised goats cheese - our local famers market sold some but most are not.

[aDAdOnMumsnet]

Didn't mean to post on a pregnancy thread btw! Just saw the word cheese in the title, and it's a subject close to my heart! DP is pregnant with our second and is a big cheese fan and cutting back on cheese intake is oen of the hardest things for her!

[pupuce]

Just so that you know... In France they eat ALL cheeses when pregnant... as far as I know the UK is far more strict on this than the rest of the continent!

[squishy]

When I was in France, I ate some pasteurised goats cheese and then got panicky because my book said to avoid it, but when in France.....!! I also had some chorizo and saucisson as well!!

It's the chevre I really miss, though!! Keep drooling over that and the cambezola in the cheese section, I swear I'm going to get some in the fridge for my due date!!!

[aDAdOnMumsnet]

mmm chevre chaud salad.

i checked with dp, yes it's not just about pasteurisation is it, but any mouldy rind cheese, which most goats' cheese is, but this stall at our famers market was selling a 'safe in pregnancy' goats. So if anyone is desperate, it might worth investigating.