Rennet

[Ambrosia]

Waheguru ji ka khalsa, Waheguru ji ki fateh Sangat Ji,

I got a forwarded email from a friend today about RENNET. I never heard of the stuff before, and probably most people haven't... and as we are vegetarian i would assume you'd want to know about it.

"it's found in cheeses, chocolate bars, yoghurts, etc. Rennet "is a natural complex of enzymes produced in any mammalian stomach to digest the mother's milk"...sometimes they use calf's rennet and sometimes pork's..."

If that wasn't enough: "Natural calf rennet is extracted from the inner mucosa of the fourth stomach chamber (the abomasum) of young calves. These stomachs are a by-product of veal production."

Some words to look out for: Rennet, Rennin, chymosin (Rennet contains rennin which is also called chymosin)

Links to read up and be informed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennet

http://www.vegsoc.org/info/cheese.html

http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/cheese.htm

There are vegetarian alternatives, so no worries. And PANEER is safe. just look it up.

Waheguru ji ka khalsa, waheguru ji ki fateh Ji

[Guest Papi]

try vegetarian rennet instead :TH:

[gurmat]

is enzymes ok or not?????

[missraagni]

is enzymes ok or not?????

As my biology teacher teacher says... enzymes are not alive!

Well I hope that is right. If i am not, sorry

Gurfateh!

[curious_man]

also Lechitin (made frm eggs) and diglycerides are non-veg!!!

if its soy-lechitin then no problem!!

PRINGLES IS NON-VEG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wicked Warrior]

is enzymes ok or not?????

Enzymes are only proteins, not cells.