How to easily distinguish natural honey from sugar counterfeit

On the shelves of supermarkets, shops and other retail establishments they offer to buy bee honey and products made from it.

As practice shows, natural real honey can only be purchased from beekeepers who have been proven over the years. But if you don’t have such acquaintances, in order not to stumble upon a fake, you just need to know a few rules for determining the quality of bee honey.

Consistency

Pay attention to the thickness of the honey. It should be a uniform liquid consistency, without crystallized sediment with an amber tint.

Over time, honey crystallizes, thickens and then hardens, and the honey also becomes cloudy in color.

If you are offered honey that is too runny, it may be counterfeit.

Taste

An experienced buyer immediately tastes honey. Real honey has a pronounced taste and a slight astringency.

After eating honey, there is a feeling of irritation in the throat.

Aroma

Good quality honey has a light floral aroma, while counterfeit honey has a sharp, cloying smell of caramel.

Mechanical check

The quality of honey is checked as follows: a spoon is dipped into a jar of honey and turned around its axis in one direction.

If the honey is real, it easily curls around the spoon in the form of a spiral, while fake honey flows off it in a stream.

Each type of honey has its own characteristic color.

So, linden nectar will eventually have an amber color, and buckwheat nectar is only dark brown, while flower nectar will be light yellow.

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• 14 February 2023

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