Can Celiacs Eat Feta Cheese? (Answered!)

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Is Feta Cheese Gluten-Free? If you have celiac disease, then naturally, you will need to avoid gluten so as not to damage your small intestine. This can be a concern, as it is not always immediately obvious if gluten is in your favorite foods.  However, thankfully, feta cheese is gluten-free and can be safely consumed.  … Read more

Why is Feta Cheese So Salty? (Solved!)

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Why Does Feta Cheese Taste of Salt? You can’t fail to notice that whichever brand of feta cheese you buy, it always tastes salty. This is a natural characteristic of the cheese but is not to everybody’s taste. Let’s find out why feta cheese tastes salty and how you can get rid of it. The … Read more

Breaking Down the Differences Between Red Leicester and Double Gloucester

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Do Red Leicester and Double Gloucester Use Different Milk? The most obvious difference between Red Leicester and Double Gloucester lies in their names. Leicester and Gloucester are both located in the Midlands, England, UK. They are approximately only 94 miles apart. However, the milk used to make Red Leicester must be unpasteurized cow’s milk. That … Read more

Is Cheddar Cheese Haram? (Explained!)

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Does Cheddar Cheese Have Pork Enzymes? So, as you can see, the main issue with Cheddar Cheese is the use of rennet, more specifically animal rennet. However, as 95% of the cheese produced worldwide uses vegetable rennet, this is potentially only a minor problem. That being said, this also means that potentially 5% of cheese … Read more