What makes cheese vegetarian?!
What makes cheese vegetarian?
and could you please give an example of a brand that sells vegetarian cheese? thank you!
Answers:
As many have stated before me... Animal rennet being present in cheese is what keeps it from being vegetarian. But it's really hard to decipher which cheeses are vegetarian in the stores because usually the ingredients will just list simply "rennet" and not specify if it is animal or vegetable. I like to say.... "when in doubt.... assume it's animal."
So... You can look in the natural/vegetarian section of your supermarket for "vegetarian cheese" and pay through the nose for it.....
Or..... You asked for a brand that is vegetarian... And I believe....... Most Cabot brand cheeses are vegetarian. They are the only brand I've found in the "regular cheese" section at the supermarket to actually list on their package "Contains no animal rennet"... though sometimes you have to look very closely for it in small print!
Matter of fact....!!!!!!!! A quick visit to www.cabotcheese.com got me this information from their FAQ section:
What kind of rennet is used to make our cheeses?
Cabot utilizes vegetable-based rennet to manufacture its award-winning cheeses. The American Vegetarian Society approves Cabot’s rennet and our Cabot cheeses are certified kosher.
So I guess now you know...... Buy Cabot brand!!!
All the best to you! :)
No rennet in it. Calf rennet I mean.
Erm anything vegetarian is something without meat.
And cheese is not meat, it is not an animal - its made FROM an animal but it is not one, there for it IS vegetarian.
So all cheese.
Although if you were VEGAN you cant have cheese as they do not eat anything that IS an animal or FROM an animal.
vegetarian cow duh
AN item is considered vegitarian as long as the animal was not killed to have it. So cheese is, but meat is not, angora is, but fur is not. As long as the animal is not killed, your good.
Cheese is all vegetarian as it is a product from an animal which has not had to be slaughtered to obtain it.
Vegans do not eat anything produced from an animal or it's flesh, while vegetarians eat animal produce(just no flesh).
Most cheeses these days are vegetarian. Animal rennet, the lining of a cow's or pig's stomach is what is added to some cheeses to help preserve the shelf life. Cheddar, edam, glouchester and many other well known cheeses are generally vegetarian. I'm careful to always look out for the 'tick' or 'v' sign though because depending on the manufacturer the ingrediants can vary. Dont pay silly amounts for the ones labelled 'vegetarian cheeses' either cos most cheeses are vegetarian.
to make hard cheeses they use rennet which is a by product from thh meat industry..
vegetarian cheese does not contain rennet, but is mostly made using a GM product to replace the rennet.
vegetarian cheeses state on the packaging that they are vegetarian, though i couldn't tell you a brand off hand..
Animal rennet is what makes cheese non vegetarian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rennet...
Natural calf rennet is extracted from the inner mucosa of the fourth stomach chamber (the abomasum) of young calves. These stomachs are a by-product of veal production. If rennet is extracted from older calves (grass-fed or grain-fed) the rennet contains less or no chymosin but a high level of pepsin and can only be used for special types of milk and cheeses. As each ruminant produces the special kind of rennet to digest the mother's milk, there is kid-goat rennet especially for goats milk and lamb-rennet for sheep-milk. Rennet or digestion enzymes from other animals like e.g. swine-pepsin are not used in cheese production. Swine-pepsin e.g. is used for the analysis of disulfide bonds of proteins.
You can try to find cheeses which are made with vegetable rennet. Alot of soy cheeses actually contain animal rennet. Ridiculous huh? Another option would be to not eat cheese at all. Or try a nice vegan cheese. It can be hard to find a good vegan cheese, however we have a favorite made by follow your heart called The Vegan Gourmet. Its really quite good. Here is the link:
http://www.imearthkind.com/
Rennet is part of an animal and it's used to make cheese.
Vegetarian cheese is made with vegetable rennet equivalent.
Vegan cheese is made with no milk, no animals have to suffer at all to make it. Some is very nice, you wanna try Cheezly cheddar style, or the melty gouda style on veggie burgers...mmmmmmm....
Not all Cheese is made with Rennet[lining of a calf stomach] you would have to look at the label to find out if it contains it, but Asda do a Vegetarian cheese just ask for it at the deli and cheese counter, i get it for my daughter who is veggie.
Animal Rennet
Vegetarian friendly cheese contains no animal rennet. Horizon uses no animal rennet and a few of the Cabot brands don't either. It will usually state so on the label.
No animal rennet. You have to be careful because the labels which say enzymes instead of rennet are also rennet! I know this from asking the cheese lady at whole foods. Cabot cheeses are veg as are Horizon. If you need something like parm or a more exotic try asking the cheese person at the store.