What Makes Cheese Rennet Vegan?
There are two alternatives to animal rennet that can make cheese rennet vegan. There is vegetable rennet , which is made from enzymes found in safflower, melon, fig leaves or thistles, and there is microbial rennet , which is made from mold cultures or bacteria or are created artificially in a lab. These enzymes work to separate the milk in a similar fashion to how yogurt is made. More specifically, they digest the sugars in the milk and produce lactic acid…