Like several other American cheeses on this list, Applegate Organics uses vegetable rennet -- which makes the cheese vegetarian. Land O'Lakes is another household dairy brand that is perhaps best ...

Dairy manager Denny Anderson stocks Land O'Lakes butter at Lunds & Byerlys in Edina on Monday. Butter consumption in the U.S. is increasing. (Ayrton Breckenridge/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...