Listeria risk - hummus

[graciesmammy]

Im nearly 32 weeks pregnant and I've just been helpfully alerted to the fact I shouldn't be eating hummus when eating it for my lunch today. Google has scared the hell out of me... yet no sign to avoid hummus on nhs website? Is this common knowledge as I'm not starting to freak out about the listeria risk

Who has alerted you to this?

It’s fine. In future if you’re anxious then make it yourself. But you’ll be fine.

I've never heard this? I ate hummus regularly in my pregnancy

Wow everyday is a school day. I would imagine the risks are very low or it would be highlighted by the nhs?

I've never heard this, and ate hummus through both pregnancies. I suspect that as long as you stick to the best before dates you'll be fine.

NHS website actually reccomends hummus as part of a healthy pregnancy diet, who told you it was dangerous?

Generally if a food is listed here avoid it. Hummus isn’t listed. There are so many other things you could worry about a tiny risk from; but life is quite short enough without Google the hell out of every ingredient and option.

Link would help www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/keeping-well/foods-to-avoid/

@graciesmammy The same happened to me after me stuffing my face with it daily 🤣🙈 I checked with my midwife and did more research and i believe it’s referring to hummus from snack/salad bars because of contamination risk (sane with most stuff from self serve salad bars the!). Supermarket packaged hummus or homemade is fine 😊

Hmm 🤔 I eat hummus several times a week, how is hummus a listeria risk?!

If it’s not on the NHS list, I wouldn’t worry

If it helps, there are an awful lot of babies in the Middle East, many of whose mothers presumably eat loads of the stuff....

Just go by the nhs website; I ate loads of it and never heard it was something you shouldn’t eat.

Of course it's fine to eat

Don’t be ridiculous.

It's the packet of hummus that MAY contain listeria. I don't know why posters are saying not to be ridiculous because it can be a risk. However, I personally am pregnant and have been eating it myself knowing it's a risk because I think it's such a small risk it's not a big deal
But generally I think when sites say hummus is fine they mean homemade hummus

I think the thing with listeria is that it comes from dodgy fridges. So maybe hummus from a deli, but not in a pot from Tesco. Apparently celery is the most common culprit!

Thanks @Horehound it's plastered all over the internet not to eat the stuff a simple google search would show this... accepted it's not on the nhs website but still on 100 others!

Mothers come on here for advice and I was mainly just coming on to see if anybody else had come across this before because I personally hadn't and you just got a load sarcastic pointless comments. Gladly I can laugh and look past these patronising comments but sadly some poor first time anxious mums won't be able to!

Total rubbish. Store-bought is extremely low risk due to how it is prepared to give it a longer shelf life.
I like to make my own and eat it hot which makes it very safe to consume as germs are killed when it's cooked. You can try doing that if it is worrying you.

@graciesmammy

Thanks *@Horehound* it's plastered all over the internet not to eat the stuff a simple google search would show this... accepted it's not on the nhs website but still on 100 others!

Mothers come on here for advice and I was mainly just coming on to see if anybody else had come across this before because I personally hadn't and you just got a load sarcastic pointless comments. Gladly I can laugh and look past these patronising comments but sadly some poor first time anxious mums won't be able to!

Are you looking at US Sites? They always seem much more risk averse and warn of eating prepacked cooked meats too. The UK has no such advice for hummus or cooked meat.

You do have to use your common sense when googling. If you google enough, you’ll find a site somewhere that claims pretty much anything is not safe to eat in pregnancy. It’s very obviously not included on the NHS list for the reason that the ‘risk’ is minuscule.

If it's not on the NHS list of food to avoid then it's fine

So many misconceptions out there

I'm 32 weeks pregnant and very cautious and I had never heard this. I have been eating hummous.

I agree with PPs who say it may be deli hummous that's the problem rather than packaged supermarket hummous.

So many things carry some tiny or obscure risk, if you Google it, which is why it's best to go by the nhs list.

Not only does the NHS site not mention it as a risk, neither does the FDA in America.

The ones that do say it's unsafe when I Google are nearly all low quality, low science 'mom sites'. This is why people say not to use Dr Google. Half of what's on Google is total non-referenced shite (not that it's Google's fault that sites that aren't rigourously fact-checked can be published).

@graciesmammy you will also get posters repeating the same thing others have said over and over.
I don't know why!

Enjoy your hummus :) I'm off to buy some myself now I'm craving it hehe

[quote Horehound]@graciesmammy you will also get posters repeating the same thing others have said over and over.
I don't know why!

Enjoy your hummus :) I'm off to buy some myself now I'm craving it hehe[/quote]
People answer straight and repeat information because sometimes posters ask a question and ignore all the (correct) responses and just zone in on the ones that back up what they want to hear...

Which rather begs the question of why even post a 'question' on an internet forum if you won't take any notice of what you're repeatedly being told because it's not what you believe to be correct?

To go back to the OP, no it's not common knowlege, because it's not actual knowledge at all.