Can vegetarians eat rennet or gelatin?!
Answers: the question is pretty obvious^
Wow man didnt you just turn vegetarian yesterday? It only took you one day to find out what rennet and gelatin was! LOL it took me 14 years to learn anything about that stuff (and im currently 14 years old)! You must be really serious about this.
But to answer your question, vegetarians can not eat rennet or gelatin and neither can vegans.
Rennet as you may already know may be found in cheese. While gelatin can be found in a lot of gooey foods like:
marshmellows
skittles
starburst
gummy bears (and worms lol)
poptarts (with frosting)
yogurt
and a lot of other sweet foods.
Gelatin is also known as Kosher Gelatin. This too isnt vegetarian/vegan.
Also watch out for glycerin(e). It is found in a variety of products from gum to soap. However, there is a twist to glycerin(e), it MAY be vegetarian. It can either be animal or vegetable fat. The only way to find out is to call the company.
I'll go ahead and tell you know that Crest toothpaste is not vegetarian, but Colgate is.
That's pretty much it, good luck.
Animal rennet and gelatin are not vegetarian.
Nope, nope, and nope
No, rennet and gelatin aren't vegetarian:
"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."
"Gelatin is a protein produced by partial hydrolysis of collagen extracted from the bones, connective tissues, organs, and some intestines of animals such as the domesticated cattle, and horses."
There are alternatives:
Vegetarian cheese companies specifically label their products with rennet that is based from vegetable or microbial enzymes
1 T. animal gelatin =
2 T. agar flakes =
1 tsp. agar powder =
2/3 of a bar of kanten =
1 tsp. powdered carageenan or irish Moss =
0.3 oz. (10 g) packg. vegetarian kosher jel
(such as Carmel or Kojel—NOT Emes), about 4 1/2 tsp.
rennet is from the intestines of animals and is used in lots of wines and cheeses (it helps to settle the floating particles. they also use egg whites, crustacean shells and ox blood so bee careful if you're a veg wino). gelatin is made from horse hooves and is used to thicken substances (frosted pop tarts have gelatin in them but unfrosted don't... go figure...)
rennet and gelatin are not vegetarian or vegan.
Yes they can they're techniqually a veggie if they don't eat the flesh of an animal, but it still involves the slaughter of an animal depends on your view of it. So it's yes and no... But it isn't anything like hardcore vegetarianism. In my opinion, vegetarians should stay away from rennet and gelatin because rennet comes from the cow's stomach, and gelatin is from tendons and skin, possibly muscles (I remember looking that up on wikipedia, but my science teacher said gelatin is made out of pig hooves/hands) of cows, pigs, and sometimes horses. And because they're plain GROSS!
No both require animal DEATHS to make so are not acceptable to Veggie or Vegans.
No; they are not vegetarian or vegan.
A true vegetarian wouldn't eat either one-rennet comes from the 4th stomach of slaughtered male veal calves, a byproduct of the milk industry. Gelatin is made from the bones, skins, ligaments and tendons of slaughtered animals. Unfortunatly, most people do not realize that these ingredients are common in commercial foods, and often labeled as something else. Any cheese, unless specifically marked 'VEGETARIAN CHEESE", would contain animal rennet, often labeled as "enzymes". Most commercial ice creams, yogurts, pastries (anything with icing or frosting) may contain gelatin, as do many candies and gums.
No those substances are not vegetarian even though some people still eat them and claim to be vegetarian.
There is vegetable rennet in some cheeses you just need to check the lables to make sure. Gelatin I don't think they can eat that.
Vegetarians don't eat dead animals. That means slabs of meat, but it also means bits and parts of dead animals, like gelatin and rennet (and lard and tallow and meat broths...)
No, vegetarians cannot eat animal derived rennet ( there are some veggie versions ) or gelatin.
A vegetarian does not eat meat, fish, poultry nor slaughter by-products.
I know of no way to extract geletine from bones without killing a pig or cow, just like i don't know how you coudl peel the inside layer of a cows stomach to get rennet without killing it