Question: what is the difference between animal rennet and vegetable rennet?
Answer: Animal rennet is derived from the stomach of a calf, lamb or goat while their diets are still limited to milk, this is typically 90% pure chymosin. Vegetable rennet is made from a type of mold (Mucur Miehei). ... It is an equivalent to chymosin and works equally, but is not animal derived.