• Question: When cheese melts is it just a physical change or does it also go through a chemical change?

    Asked by nicenadia to Alessandro, Angela, Claudia, Marina, Phil on 12 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Claudia Krehl

      Claudia Krehl answered on 12 Mar 2013:

      Hmmm, melted cheese 🙂

      When cheese melts the ingredients in it split, so it is also a chemical change. You can see the fat in the cheese separates and you are left with mainly the milk proteins and some caramelised sugars.

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