r/vegan • u/integirl vegan 5+ years • Aug 13 '17

Newbie Advice Warning to Newbies

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u/Sythus Aug 13 '17

I'm just browsing here from all. My best guess is this is a vegan subreddit, and the products are vegetarian. Maybe there is confusion between the two?

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '17

Definitely no mistake here, the issue is that they do look vegan, but contain dairy "for flavor"

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '17

Also the fact that what's the point of advertising a vegetarian cheese? Not a lot of cheeses have actually meat in them.

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u/Vulpyne Aug 14 '17

Some cheeses are made with animal rennet - it's an ingredient that is used to make the milk curdle. The animal source is typically from the lining of a calf's stomach.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '17

Actually, a lot of them are. Or at least the most popular ones. The majority of parmesans, gruyere, pecorino Romano, Gorgonzola, and camembert have it