Can I eat Hellmans mayonnaise?

[Ladypug]

Help! Am I allowed this?

Yes, its perfectly fine, tuck in

Yes. It's processed to fuck. Fresh, homemade might be an issue.

It's fine it's only home made mayo were the eggs haven't been pasteurised you need to avoid. All brands of jarred or bottled mayo will be ok

Yes, unless you're making it yourself with raw eggs it's fine. As a general rule anything cooked or pasteurised is fine. The NHS website is really good as the banned list is actually very small. It's a very boring 9 months otherwise

Yes.

Absolutely - but I'm being a lot more careful about how long the jar has been open than I normally would be. For the sake of a quid, I replace frequently!

Cracked black pepper or spark of chilli on posh fish fingers has been a staple for me...

Yes, and home made is also fine, if you use lion stamped eggs, as the hens have been vaccinated against salmonella.

You don't need to avoid any mayo at all, in the UK all commercial eggs are salmonella free.

Thanks all :-)

Does anyone know about cheesecake? I thought it was fine but then read you should check the soft cheese is pasteurised. However restaurants never know and the shop bought ones don't say....

It's pretty hard to get unpasteurised cheese in a UK supermarket. Even the Brie etc is pasteurised. Ditto cheese cake. If you are worried then get baked cheese cake. Or make your own with Philadelphia.

cheesecake is made with cream cheese, not mouldy ones. that's not forbidden.

It doesn't matter whether the milk used to make the cheese was pasteurised. All hard cheese is safe, but mould-ripened soft cheeses are not because the soft rind provides a breeding ground for bacteria.

So, unpasteurised Stilton, cheddar, Gouda etc is fine.

Brie, Camembert, soft chèvre etc is not fine, even if made with pasteurised milk.

Cheesecake will be made with a processed cream cheese like Philadelphia. That's fine.

Nothing is forbidden. Eat what you choose to.

Sorry, I also realised after posting that this was not the best expression. Of course it's not forbidden. Not recommended.