Why doesn’t cheese melt anymore?

I use Tickler cheese melts lovely ,but its the best we find.

I agree - cheese doesn’t go brown on top any longer and oozes oil when grilled. I’ve got round this by adding breadcrumbs (always have some in the freezer from homemade bread) at a ratio of about a 1 to 4 of breadcrumbs. I’ve never liked Cathedral City. I buy Waitrose Davidstow mature cheddar which is my favourite.

I think ours still melts ok, haven’t noticed anything different. The Italian cheeses like mozzarella are good melters. What they sell here as cheddar is different I think. Doesn’t taste as nice as yours.

i remember going on a nutrition course and the tutor talked about how the slimy mess of cheese stays like that as it travels through your system, i now do not eat cheese.

By the fire!

I like my cheese on toast to have brown toasty bits on top, it never seems to happen these days.
When I was a little girl, I remember my Dad toasting a cube of cheese on a toasting fork bother fire. It didn't melt but charred around the edges and was soft in the middle. It was delicious.

Yes I found something similar with Cathedral and mine was the full fat, freshly grated version. I'm going back to my usual Tesco cheddar that always made lovely cheese on toast.

Thank you for the suggestions, I’m going to go through them all!

I usually use Red Leicester for cooking, it melts well and gives a rich colour to sauces. On toast it does, however, leave a puddle of orange grease!

I usually buy Castello Tickler Mature or Extra Mature Cheddar which makes superb cheese on toast or melted-cheese sandwiches.

I buy cheddar from Tesco, it melts beautifully, but I never grate it and just slice it with a sharp knife.Had it yesterday, toasted a Sheldons bap, sliced in two, buttered and piled with cheese slices then under a hot grill for a few minutes.Perfect.

It’s full fat, I grated it fresh. I’m going to give some of the others a try. I think they’ve changed the recipe for this one. It does make lovely cheese sauce for macaroni though, just not nice grilled or as a topping on something in the oven like a cottage pie or fish pie when it stays in blobs on top.

Is it pre-grated?
That usually has cornflour or something similar in it.

Well that my Aldi cheese!

I don’t see this with ours, which is usually Asda Extra Mature.

I find Cathedral city fine tbh. Are you using the full fat version?

Maybe it’s something to do with the way it’s made? Perhaps it’s been chilled. I love cheese on toast with mature cheddar. I’ll give Aldi cheddar a go and see if the same thing happens.