Can I eat mozzarella sticks while pregnant?
Doola Scan's answer in the United StatesMozzarella sticks, breaded and fried or baked until hot, show No known issues in Doola Scan in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. The NHS lists pasteurised mozzarella among the soft cheeses you can have in pregnancy. Australia's FSANZ is stricter about soft cheese: it names mozzarella among cheeses to avoid unless baked to 75°C, and hot mozzarella sticks are cooked. String cheese snack sticks also show No known issues.
Checked against Doola Scan's pregnancy rules · UpdatedBreaded mozzarella sticks, fried or baked and served hot
No known issuesIn all six countriesString cheese or cheese snack sticks, eaten cold
No known issuesIn all six countries
Mozzarella sticks while pregnant: what each country says.
Each country's own pregnancy guidance on mozzarella sticks, with a link to it. Doola Scan uses your country's first.
No known issuesNone of the six countries' pregnancy guidance names mozzarella sticks.
Before you eat mozzarella sticks.
In Australia, eat them hot from the oven or fryer
FSANZ names mozzarella among soft and semi-soft cheeses to avoid unless baked to 75°C. The NSW Food Authority asks for cooked soft cheese to be eaten soon after cooking, not left to cool. FSANZ
Check the cheese is pasteurised
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 ingredients on the pack are where to look. FDA
About mozzarella sticks
in pregnancy.
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