Romano cheese in classico tomato alfredo sauce.

[Paranoiaqueen]

Hii
Is romano cheese a safe cheese to eat while pregnant ? Oh made some pasta with the sauce and did not realise that ut had parmesan and romano cheese in it. I had a few bites and realisd it had cheese. Although it says its made with cows milk does not say its pasteurized.
Could it be a risk of listeria???

 

[oedipamass]

I've always assumed that anything canned or bottled is pasteurized. Probably fine.

 

[Yipee]

It's almost definitely pasteurized, or cooked in the sauce-making process, but even if not, I think it's fine as long as you are heating up the sauce to a nice hot temperature, especially if it's bubbling/ simmering hot.

Most cheese in the US seems to be pasteurized anyway.

 

[nullaby]

Lol no offense but you seem to be really paranoid about Listeria, its not lurking on/in all foods. Maybe at your next appt have your midwife or obgyn give you a pamphlet about it. Most canned pasta sauces have been boiled before bottling. Besides, you heated it up until steaming if not boiling which would of killed it. My midwife if you get hungry for deli meat you cab fry or microwave until steaming and its fine.

 

[laila 44]

Hun you may want to chill and speak to someone before baby arrives about your intense worrying. You clearly suffer from anxiety And its better to be dealt with before baby as those post partum hormones are going to make u go nuts otherwise if u don't get it under control. There's no way listeria is in Romano cheese. I eat raw sushi and I'm fine. Listeria is rare and it doesn't exist in every food either. I hope u feel better soon xx

 

[AmarettiEtJus]

Again???! -___________-

 

[ILoveCakee]

I actually think you're just trolling now.

 

[ChaiTea]

Gah the Listeria fear is ridiculous. Why do all the books have to put that into people's minds?
Eat the cheese and cold meat. Eat the sushi from a clean restaurant unless it's a high mercury fish.

 

[beagleowner]

Please let us know if you are serious because these concerns seem quite difficult to understand. A cursory internet search will show you that heating up the food to steaming, as you certainly must've done to the sauce, which was already heated up before being bottled, would've killed off anything.

I agree that it is becoming hard to know if you are serious or trolling. But, I would hate to assume you're trolling since I myself am paranoid and worried all the time as well.

 

[beagleowner]

Oh and if you are considering eating pecorino romano in any other context...hard cheeses like this are also safe from listeria, generally speaking, when they are aged, as is romano.

I was in Italy in my second tri and they pasteurize nothing and I was super worried about listeria and I still enjoyed eating Parmigiano-Reggiano as well as romano.

 

[Mrs.Mcguin]

Rule of thumb....if it does not state on the packaging that it is unpasteurized then it means it is pasteurized. There is nothing to worry about. It has to be labeled.