I have read the ingredients of regular marble cheese and found that it has not listed rennet. Does this mean that the cheese does not contain rennet, or that it is not required for the rennet to be listed?
Also, I have heard that feta cheese does not contain rennet. Is this true?
2007-12-29 04:48:24 · 6 answers · asked by krumenager 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Some cheeses do. If your label says "microbial enzyme", then it is rennet-free. The gourmet cheeses are more likely to have rennet (on a large scale, it is now more expensive than microbial enzymes).
2007-12-29 05:24:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
If the ingred. label does not list 'rennet' or 'animal rennet' specifically, then the cheese either utilizes a vegetarian rennet or no rennet at all.
Feta can be made with or without rennet. Here's a URL if you're interested in seeing a study on their comparisons:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T6R-4C47NMR-7&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=d2a7ce69ceb150c7e73273888c0ae8d0
2007-12-30 13:58:45 · answer #2 · answered by christopher g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! Just check the ingredients...if it is vegetarian it will say something like "vegetable enzymes" or "No animal enzymes" or "non-animal rennet". You can also look up a particular cheese and read the company's facts and ingredient information. For example, Sargento brand claims to use vegetable enzymes, even though it doesn't specifically state it on the cheese package.
OR go here, it has a list of various cheeses that are veg.
http://cheese.joyousliving.com/
2007-12-30 05:38:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a former chef and now a vegetarian, and rennet is used to curdle the milk into curds which is then salted has its bacterial agents and other enhancer added then pressed into molds for the final aging, some are not and sold as fresh cheeses.
Rennet has normally been harvested from the stomachs of veal calves on slaugther, there are organic cheese that used a veg based rennet complex from either the stinging neddle plant or a souring agent like lemon juice or vinegar like with ricotta and cottage cheeses.
If this is something that you do not agree with, I use soya cheeses alot, and while good they do not melt like dairy cheese, I have found after grating and light toss with a bit of veg oil before using on pizzas or grilling on eggplant parmesan or veggie lasagna's.
2007-12-29 05:32:49 · answer #4 · answered by The Unknown Chef 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are required to list rennet as an ingredient, so you're safe if it doesn't. Most cheeses can be found rennet-free; you just have to be careful.
2007-12-29 05:30:35 · answer #5 · answered by emily_brown18 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know, you can only buy cheese, you can't 'rennet'....
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2007-12-29 04:53:21 · answer #6 · answered by GUARD DOG 4 · 2⤊ 5⤋