answersLogoWhite

0

To look into this, I went around on the web for a while, and learned something about making Gouda. I didn't have to go too far to find an answer for you. I may be reading it wrong, but the way I understand what I read, it takes some special ingredient to turn milk into cheese. The most commercially popular one is rennet, and the most commercially popular place to get rennet is from the stomachs of pigs in slaughterhouses that process pork. That's not the only place to get it, that's simply the easiest and most 'cost-effective' place to get it. None of this matters to most people looking to buy a good piece of Gouda. But an individual who prefers to stear clear of pork products ... such as a practicing Jew ... would prefer a cheese with an icon on the label indicating that the cheesemaking process has been monitored by an agency qualified in the details of kosher food, who has certified the item to consist of all kosher ingredients, and to have been kept isolated from any other products of the same factory that include non-kosher ingredients.

User Avatar

Wiki User

16y ago

What else can I help you with?