Is rennet vegetarian

Answer 1

Rennet, processed from the stomachs of unweaned calves, is often used in the production of hard cheese as a curdling and coagulating agent. Kosher hard cheese is produced with microbial rennet, which is derived from kosher sources. Because hard cheese is typically made with animal rennet, the Rabbinic sages decreed that even when animal rennet is not used, a full-time supervisor must be present to guarantee the kosher integrity of the product.

Answer 2

There are many potential problems:

• If the assumption is that you will be using rennet to make cheese, the cheese produced would not be kosher since the rennet would come from a calve and the cheese would come from dairy. That part is a basic of the Jewish dietary law of not mixing meat (or meat products) and dairy.

Answer 3

Yes and No...

Most cheese manufactures in the UK use vegetarian rennet, mainly from fungi but used to be diverted from fruit like melons.

However, not all rennet is vegetarian...

Non-vegetarian rennet is taken from the inside of a slaughtered calfs stomach, the calf must be under a certain age or the rennet changes and can't be used.

Most companies will clearly label which of their cheeses are vegetarian, but always check. If it doesn't say vegetarian rennet, don't eat it!

The co-operative label their cheeses well and aren't affraid to admit if the cheese is made with animal rennet.

I hope this helped.

Answer 4

Rennet obtained from an animal slaughtered by a non-Muslim or Muslim in accordance with Islamic law or contrary to it, in all cases is permissible, as long as the animal in question is not a pig.

Most well informed people are adamant that rennet, which is used to make cheese, is not derived from pigs.

Cheese made with animal rennet other than a pig source is halal. The fuqaha explain, however, that it is better to avoid whenever reasonably possible when its source is unknown because of the difference of opinion between the Sunni schools of fiqh regarding its permissibility and the doubt therein.

Answer 5

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