Do vegetarians eat???!
I know rennet is from a cows stomach but then I found out the cow wasn't killed for this so do I still eat it.
I don't know what culture is so can some one please tell me.
Answers: I became a vegetarian last year year and was now wondering do vegetraians eat rennet and culture.
I know rennet is from a cows stomach but then I found out the cow wasn't killed for this so do I still eat it.
I don't know what culture is so can some one please tell me.
Extracting animal rennet does in fact kill the cow. There are two ways of extracting animal rennet, here are the beginnings of the descriptions of the two methods:
"Dried and cleaned stomachs of young calves are sliced into small pieces and then put into saltwater or whey, [...]"
and
"Deep-frozen stomachs are milled and put into an enzyme-extracting solution. [...]"
It sounds to me like this slicing into small pieces and milling of the frozen stomachs of young calves would typically require killing them first, or else it would be very very painful for them I imagine. In either case, this is not a suitable ingredient in vegetarian foods.
No, vegetarians typically don't eat that.
Some people define the term "vegetarian" very loosely however, and some self-proclaimed vegetarians may eat these
i dont find any difference in me at all.....try
living on fresh veggies and wholesome fruits
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no typically vegetarians don't eat any animal products. That is if you are a strict vegetarian. You can be a vegeterian, like I was, where you eat animal products as long as they don't result in the death of an animal. For example you can eat eggs, milk, cheese, and rennet I suppose as well. a "culture" like in yogurt the "live active cultures" just means bacteria that is good for you.
"no typically vegetarians don't eat any animal products"... Not exactly true.
Most vegetarians eat some animal byproducts, and a few of them eat all (from eggs to rennet and gelatin). But *vegans* are the ones that don't eat (and usually use) any animal byproducts. That's the whole difference between the two.
A vegetarian has some leniency when it comes to eating this sort of thing, and do as they choose - whatever feels best. Whatever your conscience can stomach, I guess. My personal opinion would be "skip the rennet", but then again, plenty of other's *personal opinions* would be "eat meat every day!" Ddon't let somebody tell you you're not vegetarian if you do eat them, you're just not vegan.
You may have heard of "live active culture", especially in yogurt commercials. It's essentially bacteria so, while living, it's.. not exactly an animal... So don't worry about it.
Not rennet.
Bacterial culture is fine.
Many cheese makers now use vegetable rennet. It will specify if it is vegetable in the ingredient list.
well if you being a vegetarian because you don't want to kill animals then those animals you speak of or fake animals anyways so i don't see the worry dead or alive. yes cows,chickens, pigs where not created by nature a man created them so you see no biggy
lacto-ovo vegetarians can probably eat that as its technically a byproduct.
Sorry, but the animal rennet from a cows stomach used in cheese definately requires the death of the animal.
A cow has 4 stomachs, its needs all of them.
veggies do not eat cheese made with animal rennet, its a slaughter by-product, there are plenty of veggie cheeses available.
don't beat yourself up over it because you didn't know. But maybe from now on look for labels that describe the cheese as being "suitable for vegetarians" ?
You do kill a cow in order to get rennet. It is made from their stomach, witch must be removed. True vegetarians do not eat animal rennet, but instead use "vegetable rennet." When you buy cheese check to see what kind of rennet was used. Some people consider themselves "vegetarians" and eat anything they ****** please besides pork and or beef. It really just depends how strict of a vegetarian you are. Personally, I only eat animal products where the animal was not killed, such as honey, eggs, milk, ect. It's all up to you.
Vegetarians do not eat slaughter byproducts. If it's not OK to eat dead animal flesh, why would it be OK to eat bits and parts of dead animals?
Rennet is a slaughter byproduct. You cannot take the lining from a calf's stomach without killing the calf. There are cheeses available that are made with vegetable rennet; Tillamook cheeses are labeled that they are made with vegetable rennet, for example.
I assume you're talking about live cultures in yogurt - that's not animal-based and not a slaughter byproduct. It's bacterial. The thing you want to be careful of with yogurt is gelatin. In the US it's pretty hard to find a brand that is free of it. (Just in case you don't know, gelatin is a slaughter byproduct made by boiling bones, hides and connective tissue.)
Do you honestly think that they can take a stomach from a cow without killing him? And usually, it is a "him," as rennet is taken from the stomachs of veal calves, who are byproducts of the DAIRY industry.
So, no, vegetarians do NOT eat animal rennet. They will look for cheeses that have vegetable or microbial rennet.
Culture is okay, but as Mockingbird pointed out, some yogurts in the U.S. are made wtih gelatin, a big no-no for vegetarians. I believe "culture" is the bacteria, and the agent upon which it is grown. Remember, there are good bacteria and bad bacteria, and you need good bacteria to fight the bad.
Vegetarians and vegans both need to read labels to ensure they're not eating any ingredients they do not wish to eat.