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Cheddar Cheese @home?

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Whats the difference between using curdling agent {lemon juice} and Vegetarian Rennet to make home made cheese? Using Milk.

 

Rennet is a culture that converts curds into cheese.

Lemon juice is just a curdling agent that does not culture the curd into cheeses.

 

Microbial rennet is used more often in industrial cheese making in North America today because it is less expensive than animal rennet, whereas cheese from Europe is more likely to be made from animal rennet due to tradition.

 

So, most commercial cheeses you buy in the store that are made in the USA are not made with animal rennet.

It is most often made with microbial rennet.

 

It is much cheaper for cheese makers to make microbial rennet than to use the more expensive animal rennet.

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It is most often made with microbial rennet. by sonic

what is the labelling of this rennet on the packets (in the U.S.)?

 

is it considered vegetarian by devotees?

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what is the labelling of this rennet on the packets (in the U.S.)?

 

is it considered vegetarian by devotees?

 

Most devotees don't consider it vegetarian, but then again most devotees aren't aware that most cheese in the USA is cultured with microbial rennet as opposed to animal rennet.

 

the best bet is to try and check with the different brands of cheese to see if they use microbial or animal rennet.

 

Generally, the bigger the cheese company the more likely they are to use microbial rennet as it is much cheaper for such mass production purposes.

 

Smaller specialty cheese makers in the USA are about the only ones that might possibly use animal rennet these days.

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