What cheese is used in cheese cake (translated as, can I eat it??)

[Princesspowersparkle]

As the title says. Please say I can as really fancy it!!!!

XX

cream cheese

(in baked cheesecake)

or ricotta

Impossible to say. It is most likely to be a cream cheese, which may be pasteurised or may not be. Where is the cheesecake from, a supermarket? If so, it is quite likely to be pasteurised. Where are you in your pregnancy? If past the 1st trimestre, I'd risk a thin slice.

surely if it is cooked you can eat any cheese?

I make mine with cottage cheese and I'm sure that's fine. Actually, would think any baked cheesecake would be completely ok as the cooking would kill anything off no?

If it's a baked cheesecake it'll be fine.

Cheeses which are SAFE to eat in pregnancy

Hard cheeses:
austrian smoked, Babybel, caerphilly, cheddar, cheshire, derby, double gloucester, edam, emmental, english goat's cheddar, feta (if bought in the UK), gouda, gruyere, halloumi, havarti, jarlsberg, lancashire, mozzarella, orkney, paneer, parmesan, pecorino (hard), provolone, red leicester.

Soft and processed cheeses:
Boursin, cottage cheese, cheese spread, cream cheese, mascarpone, philadelphia, quark, ricotta.

Yoghurts, fromage frais, soured cream and creme fraiche any variety, including natural, flavoured and biologically active are all safe to eat.

Thanks girls- I had a slither and it was fab! It was from Brake brothers so I'm assuming its OK. Am 33 weeks.
Thanks
XX

I refused cheesecake at lunch as I wasn't sure so have just come back and looked at this. It's probably fine but not all cheesecakes are. If it's baked that's OK. If it's not then it might not be, not because of the cheese (though that might be a prob) but because some contain raw egg e.g. this one

Am sure that it it's commercially made then it will tell you if there is raw egg in it but the one I was offered was made in a restaurant and the staff weren't sure whether it was OK or not.