Rennet cheese in 'vegetarian' sandwiches?

A sandwich place called Jimmy Jon's recently opened near my work, and they have a veggie club of some sort. My question is, if the sandwich says vegetarian, can the cheese contain animal enzymes?

 

i have also pondered this aswell, i mean i don't eat gelatin because of the animal products that can be found in it but does that mean that i shouldn't be eating cheese aswell becaue of the pigs enzyme in it? It would seem so, but not eating cheese is easier said then done, considering there is alot more cheese in food then gelatin.

normally though cheese is still vegetarian and it is vegans that don't eat cheese, but i still question why cheese isn't considered a "no no" like gelatin for veggies....

who knows.

 

i may be wrong, 'cause i heard this a few years ago, so if i'm wrong, someone should correct me:
if my memory is correct, rennet comes from the stomach lining of an unweaned calf.
i'm a vegetarian, and i check lables for rennet. but thats just because i think it's disgusting, conceptually. if you feel comfortable eating that, then by all means... but as for cheese containing animal enzymes, i assume it has to, at least of some sort. doesn't dairy contain a little mucous? 'cause really, the line between what is vegetarian and what is not is hard to define sometimes. especially when it comes down to eating dairy and eggs.

 

Yes you're right about that


Totally agree with you.

Of course the are are vegetarian cheeses that contain (I suppose) a synthetic version of rennet. Those will be labelled as such.

 

Grr!

 

You can get rennet free cheeses at health food stores, and they are usually organic too!

 

My vegetarian friends eat all kinds of cheese without asking how it was prepared or what kind of cheese it is exactly. I guess it all depends how far you wanna go, but I would expect cheese, eggs, butter etc in products labeled 'vegetarian'... if you don't want any animal products, go vegan or ask them to leave out the cheese?

 

We must be lucky in the UK. Clearly labelled cheeses made with vegetable-derived rennet are widely available in all large stores. Obtaining veggie cheese is no problem at all here. I've also been told that most cheese made in the UK uses vegetable rennet anyway, but I can't vouch for the truth of this.

Most soft cheeses are veggie as they don't require rennet. Parmesan is not veggie 99% of the time. The only veggie parmesan will be very clearly labelled. If it ain't labelled, it ain't veggie.

 

I know, but it's damn inconvienant that you pretty much can't get a meal outside of your own home. Ohio sucks.

 

kosher cheese doesen't have rennet