There is no prohibition on cheese. However, often in the process of cheese making, animal rennet is used. For that reason, the cheese in question may be made not halal due to the addition of animal products sourced from non-halal sources.

Other than animal-derived rennet, microbial rennet is now commonly found in cheese products and is touted as being suitable for vegetarians, thus is often considered a halal source of rennet.

Does animal rennet for cheese come from PIGS? NO. Animal rennet must come from the same species of animal as the milk being used in for cheese.

Milk and dairy Haram: Cheese, yogurt and ice cream made with animal rennet, vanilla extract, gelatine, pepsin, or lipase.

Cheeses are made from milk, which is halal, with the addition of rennet, an enzyme made from the stomach of young ruminants- cows, sheep and goats- which are halal, so there is nothing haram in mozzarella.

Cheddar cheese is made from milk. So, basically cheddar is not haram. If you want to push it further, the problem is the rennet, you could find hallal rennet, and make or purchase totally hallal cheese. That may vary on a rigurous you are on the definition of hallal and haram.

Dairy ingredients used in Doritos and Cheetos products are not Halal or kosher certified. So Doritos and Cheetos products are not made with Halal dairy ingredients.

Certainly, cheetos is made from grain products, lots of artificial colors, some seasonings, and some real cheese. You can see ALL of the ingredients except process of making the cheese. They are not considered pork products by the FDA, but they do not meet the standards of Kosher foods for an undisclosed reason.

Very few of our cheese seasonings are made with porcine (pig) enzymes. Our non-seasoned, salted-only snacks, such as Lay’s Classic, Ruffles Original, Fritos Original, Santitas, Tostitos, SunChips Original and Rold Gold Pretzels, do not have animal enzymes of any kind.