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Posted: 30 November 2007 at 6:21pm | IP Logged

Hi guys

This might seem like a really silly question but is it ok to eat cheesecake whilst you're pregnant. I know you can't eat some soft cheeses but wasn't sure about cheesecake. Any help would be appreciated as I love it and will have withdrawl symptoms if I can't have it for the next 7-8 months 

Posted: 30 November 2007 at 7:13pm | IP Logged

I only had cheesecake once while I was pg, it was the hardest thing to have withdrawals from, especially cos dh would buy then specifically for the older ones, because they were able to eat it, without getting nagged at by me.  It is made from soft cheese so I wouldn't risk it! Sorry.

Posted: 04 December 2007 at 4:46pm | IP Logged

I am a cheese fiend and have found the cheese advice for pregnancy confusing to say the least!!  Anyway found this good article on babycentre.co.uk which is useful, and confirms that it is ok to eat marscapone which I beleive is the usual cheese in chessecake (its what I use when making from sctratch):

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/nutrition/foodsafety/c heeseexpert/

In summary this article gives the following lists as well as more advice:

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, manchego, orkney, paneer, parmesan, pecorino (hard), provolone, red leicester.

Soft and processed cheeses:
Boursin, cottage cheese, cheese spread, cream cheese, mascarpone, mozzarella, Philadelphia, Quark, ricotta.

Yoghurts, fromage frais, soured cream and creme fraiche -- 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, pont L'eveque, prince jean, tallegio. vacherin-fribourgeois, weichkaese.

Blue-veined cheeses:
bavarian blue, bergader, bleu d'Auvergne, blue shropshire, cabrales, Danish blue, dolcelatte, doppelrhamstuge, eldel pilz, gorgonzola, romano, roncal, roquefort, stilton, tommes, wensleydale (blue).

Soft unpasteurised goat and sheep's cheeses:
chabichou, pyramide, torta del cesar.

I was so pleased that boursin was on the ok list! (Its pasturised)....

Helen