cheese mmm

[tellytubby]

hi ladies

a friend just asked me a question, and i thought i'd ask you experts.

can she eat colby cheese?
can she eat cream cheese?

spanks

[The[cookie]Doctor]

No soft cheeses unless they are cooked and heated well abive 60 degrees...
Not sure if either of those are ok... so I am not much help.
However, FWIW Listeria, while are large risk, is very uncommon, so as long as she prepares it herself, eats it fresh and trusts it, I would eat it anyway...
But for me there wasnonly so many things i could stomach so i took the chance!

[Shades]

As far as I'm aware the cheeses to be wary of are the ones that are 'fancy' like blue vein, brie, camembert (possibly feta) etc... normal tasty cheese or cheddar (Colby types I would think?) and cream cheese out of a jar should be fine I think. Even cottage cheese I think is fine as long as it's the prepackaged sort and not from a deli.
Please someone correct me if I'm wrong!

[tellytubby]

thats what i always thought too shades.

it seems no one has the definate list though! gets frustrating.
she was talking about cream cheese like philly cheese i think, the type you put in a cob loaf.

[jenc77]

colby and cream cheese are fine. Colby is actually a 'hard' cheese, although it is on the softer end of the scale
the way to tell is to check if the cheese is made from pasteurised milk. If the milk isn't pasteurised, then stay away. Also, mould ripened cheeses shouldn't be eaten - so no blue, brie, camembert, etc.
Hope that helps

[Pe@ches]

I found this list (from the babycentre website) to be helpful:

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, Gouda, Gruyere, Halloumi, Havarti, Jarlsberg, Lancashire, Manchego, Orkney, paneer, Parmesan, Pecorino (hard), Provolone, Red Leicester.

Soft and processed cheeses:
Boursin, cottage cheese, cream cheese, feta, goat's cheese without a white rind, mascarpone, mozzarella, Philadelphia, processed cheese (such as cheese spread), Quark, ricotta.

Yoghurts (all varieties), probiotic drinks, fromage frais, soured cream and cr?me fra?che - any variety, including natural, flavoured and biologically active - are all safe to eat.

Cheeses to AVOID in pregnancy

Mould-ripened soft cheeses:
Brie, Blue Brie, Cambozola, Camembert, Chaumes, ch?vre (goats cheese with a white rind), Pont L'Eveque, Taleggio, Vacherin-Fribourgeois

Blue-veined cheeses:
Bergader, Bleu d'Auvergne, Blue Wensleydale, Shropshire Blue, Danish Blue, Dolcelatte, Gorgonzola, Roncal, Roquefort, Stilton, tomme, Wensleydale (blue).

Soft, unpasteurised cheese, including goat and sheep's cheeses:
Chabichou, Pyramide, Torta del Cesar.