Question:
What cheese brands don't use rennet to make their cheese?
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2011-07-29 09:42:31 UTC
I am vegetarian and I makes sure I don't eat any kind of animal and I just found that they use rennet for most cheeses. Rennet is the lining of a baby cows stomach. So I was wondering if there's any cheese brands that don't use this because I really don't want the vegan cheese because it doesn't taste that great. Please HELPP!!!
Four answers:
Moojoo
2011-07-29 09:49:10 UTC
Soft cheeses usually don't have any rennet in them at all. That would be cream cheese neufchatel (probably spelled wrong), and sometimes brie and camembert (also probably spelled wrong).



Hard cheeses are fairly often made with either microbial or vegetable rennet rather than animal rennet. They are labeled as such. The ingredients list will say microbial or vegetable rennet, rather than just rennet. They're not hard to find, but aren't always labeled specifically as vegetarian cheese.



I think I heard that Kraft uses microbial rennet in their cheddar cheese, but I'm not positive, so don't quote me on that. But you don't want Kraft anyway. It's probably the worst cheese ever.



The goat cheese (chevre) in my refrigerator is also free of rennet.



Edit: It's also really easy (and satisfying) to make cheese at home, if you're interested. I would suggest easy cheeses like cream cheese, mozzarella, and neufchatel. You won't be able to make cheddar, possibly at all, but definitely not at first as the cheddaring process is long and fairly difficult at home, but colby is possible. I've made a lot of goat cheese, cream cheese, and some mozzarella. The two times I tried to make colby it rotted while aging. So soft cheeses are easier at home. And it's easy to find vegetable/microbial rennet at health food stores or sometimes homebrew stores, and you'll know EXACTLY what's in your cheese.
Donna Wallace
2013-08-17 09:36:58 UTC
I RECENTLY read where American cheese is not made with Rennet but Europeans do use it. It is a natural part of cheese making from the cows stomach. I was looking to see which kinds of cheese here might be natural instead chemically extracted vegetable rennet.

I learned something about the un-natural part called rennet here and didn't know it was on the label. Mainly I wanted to know if it was me or not, thinking that our American cheeses taste waxy to me. It could be just me but I am going to look for either imported or American cheese that use natural rennet.
anonymous
2011-07-29 10:54:53 UTC
When i used to be a vegetarian the most stocked up cheese that you can buy at Walmart etc. no expensive store is named Tillamook (Sorry is spelling is 100%) They do not use animal rennet, the package states Vegetable Rennet is used. If you want more variety i think you should attempt to head to a Trader Joe's or a 'import' store where they sell uncommon food sources. Anyway good luck!
too.muchtv
2011-07-29 10:17:39 UTC
Not all rennet comes from animal sources, some are microbial or vegetable based. I have feta (kolios brand) that explicitly states vegetable rennet. It really depends on the source.



If you shop at Trader Joe's, there's a list of cheese and the source of their rennet: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:apI1h2OBqFsJ:www.traderjoes.com/pdf/guides/guide-rennet-test.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjFLrr3OeBb9woiz2cQdwri6N7fAbGjmikrBEyFPj-Id4kYhnqCJX2xFj53KbDKVcOkhXgLXx1vN5S5KcRG4IXPZeFANk362rA8s8aQb8VElzcXXss7beU_uxSFB3vSoe5OL1vI&sig=AHIEtbSgtYoFXO4fYtViCNs2wiTKyXeEUw&pli=1


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