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Antibiotics does not affect the setting of milk with rennet

Milk still sets, even though blue from a lot of udder antibiotics with rennet
Milk still sets, even though blue from a lot of udder antibiotics with rennet

Check the video by clicking the link underneath:

Rennet does set milk – even if it is loaded with antibiotics

The same of course does not hold true for cultures used in cheese making, since they are bacteria as well – so the antibiotics will kill the good bacteria as well.   Rennet is an enzyme, so not affected by antibiotics.   The reason the milk is blue in the video, is because I used antibiotics used to treat udder infection in cows, so the antibiotic is dyed to see if it is still in the milk.

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