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Cheese

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MrsT84 · 05/12/2021 11:22

Christmas is coming and I am a fan of a Cheese board. What can I have considering I will be 22 weeks pregnant at Christmas. I know to avoid the soft cheeses like brie and camembert but are there others I should avoid? Am I best just to stick to a nice bit of cheddar? I know this is trivial, I had my first boy 2.5 weeks before Christmas so didn't have to consider this back then! Thanks in advance x

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firstimemamma · 05/12/2021 11:26

It's all on the nhs website.

lljkk · 05/12/2021 11:27

pasteurised cheese are fine, even brie

GemLooper · 05/12/2021 12:05

Baked Camembert is also fine

Fet2021duejuly2022 · 05/12/2021 12:22

Just check it’s all pasteurised. If you do fancy a bit of blue cheese then I think you can cook it. Nice on toast or with pasta. The nhs website will be your best bet

PurBal · 05/12/2021 12:23

You can eat all regular cheese just not the exciting unpasteurised stuff from the deli or cheese monger.

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 05/12/2021 12:24

Yeah get a nice baking cambert with crusty bread and pigs n blankets instead, its lush!

dementedpixie · 05/12/2021 12:24

@lljkk

pasteurised cheese are fine, even brie

No its not

Even if pasteurised you should avoid soft mould ripened or blue cheeses unless they are heated until hot

Conversely you can have hard unpasteurised cheeses uncooked e.g. parmesan; as they have a low moisture content

Fet2021duejuly2022 · 05/12/2021 12:26

See message above is why your best bet is nhs website. I thought it was fine to eat Brie etc 😱

dementedpixie · 05/12/2021 12:27

www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/keeping-well/foods-to-avoid/ hard blue cheese e.g. Stilton is ok. Soft blue cheese should be heated first.

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MrsT84 · 05/12/2021 14:21

Thanks everyone. Thats good to know about heating cheeses, I do like a baked camembert! I have looked at guidance on NHS website etc but find it hard to know what is/ isn't pasteurized when I am in the actual supermarkets! Or which blues are classed as hard blue etc. Thanks again for the ideas x

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Normnomore · 05/12/2021 17:33

Runs out to buy a Camembert

Sadcatsandcoffee · 08/12/2021 19:09

It says on the back of the packaging if pasteurised or unpasteurised. Stilton is fine and that's usually the only blue cheese you get in a supermarket cheese board. Love a bit of stilton so I don't feel like I'm missing out. The NHS lists the specific ones you shouldn't eat (Danish blue, gorgonzola, roquefort, sob sob). Brie and camembert are fine if cooked. I for one have never cooked brie, but might have to start!

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