Is the fat present in cheese of animal origin?!
Is the fat present in cheese of animal origin?
I was wondering because although the cheese I was thinking of using states that it contains non animal rennet I am unsure of using it because I have no idea where that fat comes from. Is it ok to eat cheese if you are a vegetarian as long as it doesnt contain animal rennet? The cheese is Discover Halloumni. I am cooking for a veggie friend later in the week as a surprise and obviously want to be sure of this!!
Answers:
The fat comes from the milk. Rennet is used to curdle the cheese and make it go hard - and it's usually extracted from calves stomach linings - which is why vegans/some veggie won't eat cheeses containing animal rennet.
The fat will be from the milk
Depends on the cheese and whether or not she's a vegan.
Most cheeses are ok for vegetarians but not for vegans.
Hello =)
Is it of "animal origin"...yes....as in dairy foods...from animals (where do you think milk comes from, dear??)
Is it of "dead animal origin"?? No...the fat in cheese comes solely from the milk.
If the rennet is non-animal, then you're good to go.....
If your friend drinks milk, then this cheese is safe.....
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--Tom
Halloumni cheese is from Greece and it's made from Goats milk. If your friend is Vegan (no dairy products) you need to stay away from this cheese. There are cheeses on the market that do not contain dairy products. I use Soy cheese and find it to be very satisfying.
unless its says on the packet its made from rice protein, or Soya or soem other form of veghetable protein then the fat content will almost certainly be from animals, there are some reduced fat cheeses usign god knows what
Rennet isnt fat, its an enzyme that catalyses the milk iand converts it into curds & whey
What do you think cheese is MADE from?
The fat is from the milk itself, no worries.
The fat in cheese comes from the milk and nothing else. Most vegetarians I know are lacto ovo vegetarians and they will only eat cheese without rennet in it. The label of the cheese will have the word enzymes on it to signify that rennet has not been used. Mosat large commercial cheese makers no longer use renet because it is both more expensive and less relaible than enzymes.
Both hard and soft cheeses that are typically bought in the grocery stores (cheddar, colby, etc, as well as cottage cheese and ricotta) do contain rennet, an enzyme required to coagulate milk into a harder substance, which is the process used to make cheese.
Rennet is a substance obtained from the lining from the stomach of slaughtered baby calves. It is not possible to get this rennet from adult cows, or other places, just baby calves.
Therefore, the basic hard cheeses that you buy at the store DO contain animal products! It doesn't have anything to do with the fat in the cheese, as your question stated, but there are animal products in store-brand cheeses.
Now, that being said--Vegetarian cheeses are manufactured by processing fungal or bacterial sources--not animal sources. But the package must say this on it, or you will be eating the rennet from the calf stomach!
This same process is used to make many mulitvitamins, and vegetarians are often not aware that the essential fatty acids and B- and D- vitamin supplements are used from the linings of cow tracheas because it obviously doesn't say that on the bottle!!
Health-food stores, and the health-food department of larger grocery stores will have vegetarian cheese that is rennet free or that is used with the fungus-bacterially produced rennet, so is animal product-free. That is the only way that I would serve cheese to a vegetarian guest.
It's Milk Fat. A natural occuring fat in the product. Not added animal fat. Milk fat helps the baby grow & thrive.
I occasionally use rennetless cheese but this choice varies from person to person.
"Discover" haloumi is fine for a vegetarian. It even says on the packaging that it's made with non-animal rennet. Enjoy your meal.