Baked Camembert? Other cheeses?

[bumblebee39]

So I'm a bit confused re:cheese
I know blue is out

But can I have baked Camembert?
What about roule?
Wensleydale with cranberries?

Literally dreaming about blue cheese sauce and baked Camembert with crusty bread...

Hard cheeses are fine (as long as it’s not unpasteurised milk)

Soft cheeses such as Brie etc are fine if fully cooked.

Blue is a no!

Think the roule stuff is ok cause it’s made with pasterurised milk so is fine. But check the label on it.
I’ve eaten Brie til the cows come home in my previous pregnancies and all was well. I say enjoy!

You can have most if cooked, so baked Camembert is fine. If you're cooking the blue cheese for the sauce should be fine too.

Mostly the rules are no unpasteurised, no soft white rind (Brie, Camembert) and no blue veined.

I'm 32 weeks can't wait for the post pregnancy cheese board 🤤

Oh @UntilTheVeryEnd crossed posts - you can't have blue even if cooked?! Whoops!

Stilton is fine as it’s classed as a hard cheese. I thought blue cheese was also fine as long as it’s cooked? So it would be fine as a sauce?

Blue cheese is fine if cooked as is other soft mould ripened cheese. You can have hard cheese even if unpasteurised as it is low in moisture and less likely to contain Listeria bacteria

www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/foods-to-avoid-pregnant/#some-types-of-cheese

The nhs website has a pretty extensive list on cheeses you can and can’t eat.

www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/pregnancy/are-hard-cheeses-safe-to-eat-during-pregnancy/

www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/pregnancy/why-can-i-not-eat-soft-cheeses-during-pregnancy/

Can't find route although it is pasteurised so I believe it's fine

And yay! I can have cooked blue cheese and Camembert just not cold! I don't like it cold anyway 😂

I am pretty sure Wensleydale is hard cheese too....

I may be wrong!

Blue cheese is fine if it’s a hard cheese like Stilton. Camembert and Brie need cooking first.

My midwife said no blue so was going by that! 🤷‍♀️ Heyho! I say eat it and be happy - the risk is so tiny anyway. Folk used to drink Guinness for iron not that long ago so I think a bit of blue cheese sauce will be fine

I found quite a few of the soft cheeses in M&S were actually made from pasteurised milk so it's worth checking the label

It doesn't matter if its pasteurised if it's a soft blue or mould ripened cheese as it should still be cooked before eating due to its moisture content. It is also ok to eat hard blue cheeses if they are unpasteurised as their moisture content is low

Quite a lot of misinformation here. Hard blue cheese is grand. Crack on with the Stilton. Avoid the Roquefort.

Any mould ripened soft cheese with a rind is to be avoided, regardless of whether the milk was pasteurised.

Not ANOTHER cheese thread where no one knows what they're talking about. The NHS guidelines are pretty clear.

Hard cheese is fine (pasteurised or not)

Hard blue cheese (Stilton) is fine even uncooked

Soft cheese (mould ripened type with a rind) is not recommended even if pasteurised but OK if cooked until piping hot

Soft blue cheese no (cooked OK)

Soft cheeses like cottage, cream, mozzarella, halloumi are perfectly fine if pasteurised

That said, it's all guidance anyway and the risks are really tiny. It's up to the individual to decide what to do. I have eaten a bit of soft goat's cheese and a brie sandwich this pregnancy. I just think it's important to understand the guidelines in the first place.