can my pregnant wife eat these cheeses?

Question

feta, halloumi and parmesan

Answer 1

She can eat any cheese that is pasteurised. Check out the Emmas diary website, it tells you everything about pregnancy diets. Good luck with the pregnancy!!!

Answer 2

Parmesan absolutley fine. Feta check on label if pasterised first then fine. Never heard of halloumi sorry. It's the likes of stilton, camerbert, brie and the softer ones that are linked to listeria:o)

Answer 3

The standard rule is to avoid soft cheeses, and feta falls into that category. I'm not sure about the halloumi (never had it), but I think the parmesan should be okay.

Answer 4

Listeria infection in pregnant women is very rare in the UK, only affecting one in 20,000 pregnancies. Provided you avoid foods with a high risk, you are very unlikely to be affected.

Unpasteurised cheeses imported from abroad or made by small producers are also safe to eat in pregnancy provided they are made from cow's milk and are not mould-ripened or blue-veined. The Food Standards Agency states that listeria is present in these cheeses in very low numbers and they are therefore not considered a risk during pregnancy. On the other hand, unpasteurised milk (from any animal) is not considered safe.

In the USA, pregnant women are advised to avoid feta cheese because of the risk of listeria, but the feta cheese sold in the UK is considered safe to eat during pregnancy.

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

Soft and processed cheeses:
Boursin, cottage cheese, cheese spread, cream cheese, mascarpone, 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, manchego, romano, roncal, roquefort, stilton, tommes, wensleydale (blue).

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

Answer 5

Not the feta. It's a soft cheese.

Answer 6

As a rule you should avoid soft cheeses as they may contain certain bacterias which may be harmful to the baby.

Answer 7

Yes, my wife ate all cheeses including bluechesses and had no problems. She also ate chees from unpasturised milk and had no problems.

Ignore all the paranoid answers you get and just live.

Answer 8

Eating these cheeses is fine during pregnancy.

Answer 9

YES, SHE CAN!!! but beware, because for some pregnant women, ANY cheese they eat might cause GAS!!!

Answer 10

Stay away from soft cheeses.