Soft Cheese Types

Soft cheeses can be distinguished in:

• soft cheeses without rind like Stracchino or Mozzarella;
• soft cheeses with bloomy rind like Robiola, Brie or Camembert;
• soft cheeses with washed rind like Taleggio, Bavarian Limburger and more.

Soft Cheese in Pregnancy

Saying that soft cheese is bad for pregnancy as a rule is wrong. But there are some apsects that should be considered. Some soft and semi-soft cheeses processed with molds such as Brie, Gorgonzola, Camembert, could be contaminated by the Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause food poisoning to pregnant women. 

Image: Robiola Cheese with Plum Jam, Kurman Communications, CC BY 2.0