Ingredients

1086 articles on substrates, cultures and additives.

All ingredients

Coagulants

Papaya latex / papain

Papaya latex from unripe Carica papaya fruit supplies proteases used to set Enrekang Dangke. Fresh latex, dried latex and standardized papain are distinct preparations with different evidence and handling needs.

Illustrative botanical portrait of an intact Calotropis procera shrub with gray-green leaves and pale flowers; no sap or coagulant preparation shown.
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Calotropis coagulant for wagashi and wara

Calotropis procera preparations are documented as coagulants for wagashi gassirè in Benin and wara in Nigeria. Crude plant materials differ from purified research enzymes, and current evidence does not support a general home preparation.

Illustrative botanical image of dried Cynara cardunculus flower heads on their stalks; not a prepared rennet extract or method.
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Cardoon flower rennet

Dried flower heads of cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) supply plant proteases used to coagulate milk in several documented regional cheeses. Plant, extraction, milk and dose matter; evidence does not establish a universal home method.

A whole brown konjac corm with knobbly skin, small buds and a circular crown scar rests on a warm ivory tabletop.
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Konjac corm / konnyaku flour

The toxic corm of Amorphophallus konjac and the glucomannan flour milled from it, which sets into a firm, heat-stable konnyaku gel when cooked with limewater.

Fine pale cream agar powder in a shallow white ceramic bowl on a warm ivory tabletop, with a few scattered grains beside it.
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Agar / kanten

A gelling polysaccharide extracted from red seaweeds, sold as kanten strips or powder; it sets firm at a low concentration and stays solid until about 85 °C.

A small unmarked ceramic bowl holds fine off-white rennet powder, shown as a generic dry preparation with unspecified source.
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Rennet powder

A dry milk-clotting enzyme preparation for setting cheese curd. Its animal or microbial source, strength, carrier and dietary status depend on the actual product.

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Liquid calf rennet

An animal-derived liquid enzyme extract sets milk by changing casein proteins; its activity and formulation determine how a particular bottle is used in cheesemaking.

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Single-strength liquid rennet

A liquid milk-clotting enzyme preparation at the strength assumed by its cheese recipe. Enzyme source and product activity must be identified separately.

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Liquid rennet

A liquid milk-coagulating enzyme preparation whose source, activity and formulation vary, used to form curd for cheesemaking.

An unlabeled bottle of liquid animal rennet beside a measured spoonful, one form of rennet used for cheesemaking.
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Rennet and other milk coagulants

Rennet is an enzyme preparation that helps milk form a cuttable curd. Animal, microbial, fermentation-produced and plant coagulants have distinct identities and strengths.