Junket (dessert) in the 1960s. Today, it is one of many "legacy" brands still in production, in this case, where there is no true competitor making rennet custard. The brand is owned and made by Redco Foods of Little Falls, New York, a company more famous for its tea products under its other "legacy" brands Red Rose and Salada, all owned by Düsseldorf, Germany-based Teekanne, GmbH. Junket (dessert) Junket is a milk-based dessert, made with sweetened milk and rennet, the digestive enzyme that curdles milk. 'Curds and Whey' is an archaic term for junket. To make junket, milk (usually with sugar and
Rennet own species, milk-specific rennets are available, such as kid goat rennet for goat's milk and lamb rennet for sheep's milk. Dried and cleaned stomachs of young calves are sliced into small pieces and then put into salt water or whey, together with some vinegar or wine to lower the pH of the solution. After some time (overnight or several days), the solution is filtered. The crude rennet that remains in the filtered solution can then be used to coagulate milk. About 1 g of this solution can normally coagulate 2 to 4 L of milk. Deep-frozen stomachs are milled and