What is rennet? Do Capriole cheeses contain rennet?
Rennet is a milk coagulant made from the stomach lining or vells of calves or goat kids when they are harvested for meat. The vells are dried, powdered, and usually reconstituted in water to produce liquid rennet. It is the most ancient, traditional, and expensive coagulant available to cheesemakers, and considered by many to be the best. It is less prone to produce bitter flavors than vegetable or modified coagulants. Rennet is the only coagulant used at Capriole.
