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Can I eat mascarpone while pregnant?

No known issues Doola Scan's answer in the United States

Mascarpone made from pasteurised milk shows No known issues in Doola Scan in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. The NHS names mascarpone among the pasteurised soft cheeses you can have in pregnancy, and the check is the tub's label for pasteurised milk. Tiramisu is a different case: it's usually made with raw egg, and Doola Scan shows it as Avoid in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, and Check in the US, UK and Canada.

Checked against Doola Scan's pregnancy rules · Updated

  • Mascarpone from the tub, in frosting, on fruit or stirred into hot pasta

    No known issuesIn all six countries

  • Mascarpone in a baked cheesecake

    No known issuesIn all six countries
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What each country says

Mascarpone while pregnant: what each country says.

Each country's own pregnancy guidance on mascarpone, with a link to it. Doola Scan uses your country's first.

  • No known issues

    None of the six countries' pregnancy guidance names mascarpone.

  • United States

    No known issues
    Tiramisu made with raw egg
    • FDAAvoid raw or undercooked eggs and foods containing them; foods made with pasteurized eggs are fine.Source
    • FDARaw eggs can carry salmonella.Source
    • FoodSafety.gov (HHS)Foods with raw or lightly cooked eggs only with pasteurised eggs.Source
    Tiramisu made with pasteurised egg
    • FDAAvoid raw or undercooked eggs and foods containing them; foods made with pasteurized eggs are fine.Source
    • FDARaw eggs can carry salmonella.Source
    • FoodSafety.gov (HHS)Foods with raw or lightly cooked eggs only with pasteurised eggs.Source

  • United Kingdom

    No known issues
    Tiramisu made with raw egg
    • NHSRaw eggs that are not Lion-stamped may carry salmonella.Source
    • NHSRaw-egg foods like mayonnaise and mousse fine if made with British Lion or Laid in Britain hen eggs.Source
    Tiramisu made with pasteurised egg
    • NHSRaw eggs that are not Lion-stamped may carry salmonella.Source
    • NHSRaw-egg foods like mayonnaise and mousse fine if made with British Lion or Laid in Britain hen eggs.Source

  • Canada

    No known issues
    Tiramisu made with raw egg
    • CPSAvoid raw egg and egg dishes with runny yolk.Source
    • Health CanadaAvoid raw-egg foods (homemade mayonnaise, batter, ice cream) unless made with pasteurized liquid eggs.Source
    • CPSAvoid raw egg and egg dishes with runny yolk, such as eggnog.Source
    • Health CanadaAvoid foods with raw egg: some dressings, sauces, cookie dough, cake batter, homemade eggnog (unless heated to 71 °C).Source
    Tiramisu made with pasteurised egg
    • CPSAvoid raw egg and egg dishes with runny yolk.Source
    • Health CanadaAvoid raw-egg foods (homemade mayonnaise, batter, ice cream) unless made with pasteurized liquid eggs.Source
    • CPSAvoid raw egg and egg dishes with runny yolk, such as eggnog.Source
    • Health CanadaAvoid foods with raw egg: some dressings, sauces, cookie dough, cake batter, homemade eggnog (unless heated to 71 °C).Source

  • Australia

    No known issues
    Tiramisu made with raw egg
    • NSW Food AuthorityDo not eat raw egg in food (home-made mayonnaise, aioli, mousse, batter).Source
    • Pregnancy, Birth and Baby (Australian Government Dept of Health)No homemade mayonnaise, aioli, mousse or raw cake batter; commercial mayo/custard OK.Source
    • FSANZSafer alternatives to raw egg dishes: pasteurised eggs, commercial custard and dressings.Source
    • Pregnancy, Birth and Baby (Australian Government Dept of Health)Commercially made products with egg (e.g. shop mayonnaise) are fine; not homemade mayonnaise, aioli, mousse or raw cake batter.Source
    Tiramisu made with pasteurised egg
    • NSW Food AuthorityDo not eat raw egg in food (home-made mayonnaise, aioli, mousse, batter).Source
    • Pregnancy, Birth and Baby (Australian Government Dept of Health)No homemade mayonnaise, aioli, mousse or raw cake batter; commercial mayo/custard OK.Source
    • FSANZSafer alternatives to raw egg dishes: pasteurised eggs, commercial custard and dressings.Source
    • Pregnancy, Birth and Baby (Australian Government Dept of Health)Commercially made products with egg (e.g. shop mayonnaise) are fine; not homemade mayonnaise, aioli, mousse or raw cake batter.Source

  • New Zealand

    No known issues
    Tiramisu made with raw egg
    • MPI (NZ Food Safety)Avoid raw eggs (smoothies, mayonnaise, mousse).Source
    • Health NZRaw eggs in eggnog, smoothies, home-made mayonnaise, mousse, tiramisu etc: don't eat; no pasteurised-egg exception.Source
    Tiramisu made with pasteurised egg
    • MPI (NZ Food Safety)Avoid raw eggs (smoothies, mayonnaise, mousse).Source
    • Health NZRaw eggs in eggnog, smoothies, home-made mayonnaise, mousse, tiramisu etc: don't eat; no pasteurised-egg exception.Source

  • Ireland

    No known issues
    Tiramisu made with raw egg
    • HSEAvoid foods made with raw or under-cooked eggs, e.g. homemade mayonnaise; cook eggs thoroughly.Source
    • HSEAvoid foods made with raw or under-cooked eggs, such as homemade mayonnaise.Source
    Tiramisu made with pasteurised egg
    • HSEAvoid foods made with raw or under-cooked eggs, e.g. homemade mayonnaise; cook eggs thoroughly.Source
    • HSEAvoid foods made with raw or under-cooked eggs, such as homemade mayonnaise.Source
What to check

Before you eat mascarpone.

  1. Check the tub says pasteurised milk

    The FDA asks you to make sure all the dairy you have in pregnancy is made with pasteurised milk, and to check the label. The NHS lists pasteurised mascarpone among the soft cheeses you can have. FDA

  2. In tiramisu, ask about the eggs

    The FDA's advice for foods made with raw egg is to use pasteurised eggs at home and, when eating out, to ask whether pasteurised eggs were used. Health NZ names tiramisu among raw-egg foods not to eat in pregnancy. FDA

  3. Keep it in the fridge

    The FDA asks for milk products to be kept refrigerated at 40°F (4°C). Put an opened tub of mascarpone back in the fridge rather than leaving it out. FDA

Questions

About mascarpone
in pregnancy.

The tub's label says whether it's made from pasteurised milk. The FDA asks you to check, because some dairy sold locally, on farms or in cheese shops, isn't made with pasteurised milk.

The NHS lists pasteurised mascarpone among the soft cheeses you can have in pregnancy, and Doola Scan shows No known issues for it in all six countries.

Tiramisu is usually made with raw egg. Doola Scan shows Avoid in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland and Check in the US, UK and Canada; made with pasteurised egg, it shows Check in all six.

Mascarpone and cream made from pasteurised milk both show No known issues in Doola Scan. If the recipe beats in raw egg, the raw-egg guidance applies instead.

A baked cheesecake made with mascarpone shows No known issues in Doola Scan in all six countries. Check the mascarpone and cream cheese are pasteurised.

The NHS says dairy foods such as cheese are important in pregnancy, because they contain calcium and other nutrients you and your baby need.

The cheese guidance is the same all through pregnancy. None of the six countries changes it by trimester.

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