I buy inexpensive hard cheese from different manufacturers. Recently I began to notice that most types of such cheese have honey notes.
It seemed to me that the cheese contained honey, but this was not written on the label.
Is there something wrong with my taste or is this evidence of a violation of cheese making technology?
Possibly the starter lactic acid bacterial culture, lactobacillus helveticus. It’s known for giving cheeses a slight sweetness. Honey has a bunch of different acids in it, composition differs by source, but there’s a good chance that’s what the flavor similarity you’re noticing is.