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Pregnancy Friendly Cheese

We suggest that you only eat hard cheeses during pregnancy.

Harmful bacteria, such as listeria, can be present in all cheeses, whether pasteurised or unpasteurised. Listeria can only flourish in suitable conditions, the most important of which is moisture.  Mature, hard cheeses do not have enough moisture for the listeria to multiply to a sufficient enough degree to pose a risk. We do not recommend you eat soft, bloomy, washed rind or blue cheeses during pregnancy, whether the cheeses are pasteurised or not.

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  1. Heidal Brunost
    New In
    Norway's most famous cheese. Dense and fudgy. Flavours of caramel and buttermilk with a  lingering cream finish.

    Heidal Brunost

    £14.50
    P Pasteurised B Suitable for Pregnant Women V Suitable for Vegetarians
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  2. Wild Garlic Yarg
    New In
    Moist, fresh, clean and gently garlicy. Made to the same recipe as the original but wrapped in handpicked wild garlic leaves foraged from Cornish woodlands in Spring. Over time, the aromatic leaves influence the young curds, allowing the delicious garlic flavours to permeate the cheese.

    Wild Garlic Yarg

    £34.10
    P Pasteurised B Suitable for Pregnant Women V Suitable for Vegetarians
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  3. Ossau Iraty Fermier Reserve
    Back in January
    A firm yet yielding texture, with flavours of soured cream and nuts. Selected by François Bourgon, this farmstead cheese is a true taste of Basque tradition. Each wheel is marked by the shepherds who make the cheese, and will vary in flavour depending on whether the sheep are grazing in the valleys or mountains. The mature cheeses are washed by hand, and ripened in the cellars of Les Saloirs de Louis.

    Ossau Iraty Fermier Reserve

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  4. Hornkäse
    Back in January
    Strong and savoury ‘meaty’ flavours, with good acidity. There are only 600 horned Allgäuer Braunvieh cows left in the world, and this cheese helps to ensure their survival. Relatively young at five to seven months' old, it’s nevertheless a powerful example of Alpine heritage.

    Hornkäse

    Out of stock
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  5. Pecorino Riserva al Tartufo Bianco
    Back in January
    Intense, aromatic. Notes of spice, ‘roast garlic’, and entrancing white truffles. Not simply an excuse for truffling, this is crafted from organic Maremma ewes’ milk, and Stefania Calugia’s stunning Bianchetto truffles. An alluring and perfectly balanced taste of the Tuscan mountains around Roccalbegna.

    Pecorino Riserva al Tartufo Bianco

    Out of stock
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  6. Alp Blossom
    Aroma of mountain meadows. Sweet and gentle flavour. Alp Blossom’s simply stunning appearance ensures this cheese will be the belle of the ball on any cheese platter. The rind is coated in a mix of scented flowers and herbs.

    Alp Blossom

    £44.00
    T Thermised
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  7. Baby Cornish Yarg
    New In
    Creamy, and slightly crumbly in the core. The recipe was discovered in an attic by cheesemaker Alan Gray. Spell his surname backwards to see how the cheese got its unusual name. Local, hand-picked nettles provide its beautiful, lace-like appearance.

    Baby Cornish Yarg

    £35.00
    P Pasteurised B Suitable for Pregnant Women V Suitable for Vegetarians
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  8. Hand-Selected Pitchfork Somerset Cheddar
    Meaty and succulent. An artisan Somerset Cheddar made by Todd and Maugan Trethowan, just seven miles from Cheddar Gorge. Moist and succulent in texture, it is full-flavoured with a hint of tropical fruit.

    Hand-Selected Pitchfork Somerset Cheddar

    £38.00
    B Suitable for Pregnant Women R Raw Milk
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  9. Hand-Selected Keen’s Extra Mature Cheddar
    Best Seller
    Powerful and tangy. At least an extra six months spent in the family's maturing rooms gives this Cheddar even more stunning complexity and richness. * Typically made with raw milk but may occasionally be made with pasteurised milk. Your piece of cheese will be clearly labelled.

    Hand-Selected Keen’s Extra Mature Cheddar

    £33.00
    P Pasteurised B Suitable for Pregnant Women R Raw Milk
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  10. Pecorino Riserva del Fondatore
    Back in January
    Intensely sweet and fruity. Crystalline and fudgy texture. A cheese dedicated to the founder of the caseificio, Duilio Fiorini, and matured for one year in the family’s caves. Duilio’s daughter, Angela, considers this the company’s cheese per eccelenza.

    Pecorino Riserva del Fondatore

    Out of stock
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  11. Affineur Walo Aged Emmentaler
    A concentrated flavour with vegetal sweetness. Walo receives these cheeses at four months’ old, and washes them for a full year so they retain moisture. The striking appearance comes from pockets of eyelets, which contain crystals.

    Affineur Walo Aged Emmentaler

    £45.50
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  12. Stärnächäs Extra Mature
    Aroma of honey. Rich and creamy texture. Nutty flavour. A star by name and nature, as Stärnächäs, made at the foot of Alp Säntis by Kaserei Gabriel, gets its name from the ‘heavenly pleasure’ it provides.

    Stärnächäs Extra Mature

    £34.00
    B Suitable for Pregnant Women R Raw Milk
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  13. La Oveja Negra Manchego Semi Curado
    Springy, slightly milky, and floral. The youngest version of this world famous cheese. Made from the milk of the extremely rare hardy little black sheep that are now close to extinction on the plains of La Mancha. 

    La Oveja Negra Manchego Semi Curado

    £48.00
    O Organic B Suitable for Pregnant Women R Raw Milk
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  14. Affineur Walo Le Gruyère AOC Extra Mature
    Aromas of meadow flowers and dried fruit. Walo ages this remarkable Gruyère in one of his famously warm and humid cellars, so helping it to maintain the moisture needed to develop such an array of complex flavours.

    Affineur Walo Le Gruyère AOC Extra Mature

    £50.00
    B Suitable for Pregnant Women R Raw Milk
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  15. The Fine Cheese Co. Cave-Aged Cheddar
    Earthy but moist, and slightly sweet. Cloth-wrapped, hand-made Dorset Cheddar, cave-aged in Somerset for a depth of flavour and a moist texture. It is fruity and tangy with a rich, deep flavour and a hint of sweetness.

    The Fine Cheese Co. Cave-Aged Cheddar

    Now £18.70
    P Pasteurised B Suitable for Pregnant Women
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  16. Hand-Selected Westcombe Cheddar
    Complex and grassy. Westcombe Cheddar cheese is a traditional cloth-wrapped Cheddar, hand-made in Somerset, with a complex, grassy flavour.  * Typically made with raw milk but may occasionally be made with pasteurised milk. Your piece of cheese will be clearly labelled.

    Hand-Selected Westcombe Cheddar

    £29.70
    P Pasteurised B Suitable for Pregnant Women R Raw Milk
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  17. Hand-Selected Montgomery's Cheddar
    Dense and savoury. A traditional, cloth-wrapped, unpasteurised Cheddar cheese, made in Somerset by Jamie Montgomery. * Typically made with raw milk but may occasionally be made with pasteurised milk. Your piece of cheese will be clearly labelled.

    Hand-Selected Montgomery's Cheddar

    £33.00
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  18. The Fine Cheese Co. Cheddar
    Full-flavoured, with a hint of sweetness. A sweet and tangy Cheddar cheese with a particularly creamy texture and an occasional crystal caused by long maturing.

    The Fine Cheese Co. Cheddar

    Now £3.20
    P Pasteurised B Suitable for Pregnant Women V Suitable for Vegetarians
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  19. Comté Marcel Petite 12+ Months
    Fruity, smooth, mellow and nutty. Made in a small, village-based co-operative called a fruitière. At a few weeks' old, this Comté then enters Marcel Petite’s maturing rooms where it is regularly turned, brushed and rubbed.

    Comté Marcel Petite 12+ Months

    £42.00
    B Suitable for Pregnant Women R Raw Milk
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  20. Mimolette Extra Vieille 18 Months
    Back in January
    Dense, savoury and salty. First made in 17th century France, when war saw the banning of all Dutch products including Gouda. Cheese mites, usually the bane of a cheesemonger’s life, are encouraged here so as to create the cheese’s pockmarked surface.

    Mimolette Extra Vieille 18 Months

    Out of stock
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  21. Wyfe of Bath
    A soft caramel colour, and a creamy and nutty flavour. Hand-made close to us with milk from the farm’s herd and originally named Beauty of Bath. We suggested ‘Wyfe of Bath’ because, in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, the Wyfe had an insatiable appetite for pleasure.

    Wyfe of Bath

    £35.40
    P Pasteurised B Suitable for Pregnant Women V Suitable for Vegetarians
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  22. Hand-Selected Sparkenhoe Red Leicester
    Nutty and mellow in flavour, and flaky in texture. Bound in cloth, and ripened for six months on beechwood shelves, this is the only hand-made raw milk Red Leicester. (The traditional orange-red colour is annatto, derived from the seeds of the achiote tree.)

    Hand-Selected Sparkenhoe Red Leicester

    £36.00
    B Suitable for Pregnant Women R Raw Milk
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  23. Cornish Yarg
    Creamy, and slightly crumbly in the core. The recipe was discovered in an attic by cheesemaker Alan Gray. Spell his surname backwards to see how the cheese got its unusual name. Local, hand-picked nettles provide its beautiful, lace-like appearance.

    Cornish Yarg

    £36.00
    P Pasteurised B Suitable for Pregnant Women V Suitable for Vegetarians
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  24. The Fine Cheese Co. English Oak-Smoked Cheddar
    Best Seller
    Full-flavoured, a hint of sweetness, and a subtle smokiness. A mature, West Country Farmhouse Cheddar, with a delicately smoky flavour and tangy bite.  Cold-smoked over real oak chips to give a natural flavour with no harsh notes.

    The Fine Cheese Co. English Oak-Smoked Cheddar

    £6.00
    P Pasteurised B Suitable for Pregnant Women V Suitable for Vegetarians
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  25. The Fine Cheese Co. Goat Cheddar
    Moist and nutty. A mellow and slightly sweet Cheddar, hand-made from goats’ milk in Dorset, and matured for around six months.

    The Fine Cheese Co. Goat Cheddar

    £7.50
    P Pasteurised B Suitable for Pregnant Women V Suitable for Vegetarians
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  26. Hello Ewe
    Milky and springy, and simultaneously sweet and savoury. The name ‘Halloumi’ is restricted by PDO, and so Tim Homewood and Angela Morris had to be creative when naming this cheese, but production is just as painstaking.

    Hello Ewe

    £7.60
    T Thermised B Suitable for Pregnant Women V Suitable for Vegetarians
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  27. Parmigiano Reggiano 350g
    Complex and fruity. Unpasteurised Parmigiano Reggiano, matured until it is 30 months old for an extra flavour dimension. The cheeses are chiselled in the maturing rooms, and immediately packed to preserve their taste and texture.

    Parmigiano Reggiano 350g

    £54.05
    B Suitable for Pregnant Women R Raw Milk
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