can I eat this if I'm pregnant??

[hjtunny]

Hello, I'm confused!

I know that pate is banned when pregnant because of the vitamin A but this is from pate made with liver.

I love mackerel pate and have looked at the ingredients which are:
mackerel
single cream
unsalted buter
cream cheese
lemon juice
black pepper
cayenne pepper

all of which are things that ARE allowed, so the question is can I eat it? It's pate by name but not by nature as it doesn't contain high levels of vitamin A from liver

thanks!!

Eat it. On dry toast. I LOVE the stuff. It's cheap and easy to make your own too if you ever fancy it.

I'd say that was fine,

thanks! I love it on rice crackers and really crave savoury stuff so it's good that I can eat it!

Sounds fine to me. Eat it and rejoice

The NHS says avoid all pates including vegetable as there's a listeria risk...

Well in that case I think you need to balance it up OP. Last time I was pg I "needed" sushi. The NHS line is there is a listeria risk and to avoid but when I researched it there wasn't one recorded case worldwide of listeria due to sushi so I ate it.

If you really want it I would recommend doing your own research .

The NHS do not say to avoid Sushi when pregnant. In fact, they say it is fine as due to UK food safety laws the fish must have been previously frozen to a temperature which would kill any dodgy bacteria in it.

I would personally avoid pate of any sort (as advised by the NHS) due to the listeria risk. The risk of contracting listeria is very, very small, but the consequences of it are extremely severe and could mean you losing your baby.

Sorry it was worded badly. I thought at the time that was the NHS line, but then they changed a few things in quick succession last time I was PG and I kind of lost track. Also, it was 6 years ago.