Advice from vegetarians/vegans

emma1488
emma1488 Posts: 175
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
hi all, I've been vegetarian for a couple of months now. Meaning I still eat dairy products and eggs.

It has come to my attention that you can buy vegetarian cheese (which is vastly dearer).

Does this mean that normal cheese has animal products other that milk?!

Can anyone give me some advice on this topic. I don't want to be eating a dead animal product but am not fully ready to go completely vegan.

I'm also from Australia, so if any vego Aussies know of specific brands to recommend that would be super.
Thanks all:)

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  • jessimacar
    jessimacar Posts: 291
    some cheeses have "rennet" in it, which is made from animal byproducts (meat byproducts, not milk or eggs). it's in a lot of things, so watch out for it. also, some processed cheeses have gelatin in them.

    but know that not EVERY cheese has this in it, so read the labels!! get to know what brands are safe and which are not.

    hope this helps!!

    add me if you need more advice. :)
  • emma1488
    emma1488 Posts: 175
    some cheeses have "rennet" in it, which is made from animal byproducts (meat byproducts, not milk or eggs). it's in a lot of things, so watch out for it. also, some processed cheeses have gelatin in them.

    but know that not EVERY cheese has this in it, so read the labels!! get to know what brands are safe and which are not.

    hope this helps!!

    add me if you need more advice. :)

    I read the labels on a few packets and they said 'enzyme' and I noticed the vego cheese said 'non animal enzyme'. I looked at some normal cheese just then and it had non-animal rennet but just enzyme. Where as another one just had rennet and enzyme. So I guess that's a bad one:-/

    If any of that makes sense? I guess my concern is this enzyme thing:-/
  • frenchfri87
    frenchfri87 Posts: 196 Member
    Getting rennet from calf's stomachs is expensive. Rennet is now produced from genetically engineered bacteria. Most cheese uses the cheaper rennet, or other enzymes.

    Here's a link with info on brand names that are suitable for vegetarians. There are a ton of them! http://cheese.joyousliving.com/
  • emma1488
    emma1488 Posts: 175
    Getting rennet from calf's stomachs is expensive. Rennet is now produced from genetically engineered bacteria. Most cheese uses the cheaper rennet, or other enzymes.

    Here's a link with info on brand names that are suitable for vegetarians. There are a ton of them! http://cheese.joyousliving.com/

    Thanks! That's awesome!
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