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[emploding]

I don't usually shop in major supermarkets, so this might not actually be new, but it was new to me :P In Woolies today I found a Devondale Organic tasty cheese, that uses non-animal rennet (and actually says so on the package)! I've been trying to find a decent brand of vegetarian cheese for ages, and although Mainland supposedly has one, I've

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[dizzy_jezz]

Coles (the one near me, anyway) does the Mainland one and it looks more or less like this. I love that Devondale one though :) The Woolworths brand of cheese is also rennet-free and surprisingly good!

As for parmesan, I'm hoping somebody else can answer that :p

[emploding]

That's one of the downsides to rejecting the hold the major supermarkets have on our society - only a limited range of stuff is stocked in small independant supermarkets :/

I could stretch myself to buying cheese at woolies or coles though, I don't think that would put too much pressure on my social conscience. I've never seen the words 'vegetarian' splashed across cheese though, and I think I would have noticed if it was that big, how odd. Will have to look out for it.

[dizzy_jezz]

Definitely. I have the same moral dilemma and for ages avoided the big supermarkets like the plague. But then I reasoned that the actual products you purchase have a big impact too - if you support certain products they edge their way into the mainstream and also become easier for other people to buy. So I don't feel too guilty about going to coles for the good-quality vego/vegan products.

[ilikerivers]

There is a cheese I've bought in the past that does have a big label saying vegetarian on the front of it, I can't remember the brand but I bought it from Safeway and Coles.

[crzydimond]

Pantalica make non-animal rennet Parmesan cheese. I bought it at Coles.

[plasticpash]

I found a rennet-free Parmesan/Mozzarella blend once in Western Australia. It would have been at Coles or Woolies I think. I bought it again recently but can't remember the name of it. Something with 'Italian' or 'Italiano' in the name I think :)

[emploding]

There is a 'perfect italiano' brand rennet-free, but never found one with parmesan. I'll keep lookin, thanks!

[bitspike]

There exists vegan parmesan cheese!1!

I don't know exactly where to get it, but the guy from Melbourne who supplies Sydney with Cheezly vegan cheese also deals with it. It doesn't taste that different - though it's been far too many years for me to give an accurate review.

[emploding]

yeh but thats not like fresh parmesan, its like the powedered stuff which is completely not parmesan!! My girlfriend is italian, she doesn't let powdered cheese in the house lol