How to Choose Good Honey: 10 Useful Tips
Honey is a tasty and healthy product.
This is a real treasure trove of microelements: iodine, sulfur, potassium, zinc, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, chlorine, etc.
Honey has virtually no competitors, since all the useful substances are preserved in it for up to a year, unlike the same fruits and vegetables.
Of course, we are talking only about natural honey; there is nothing useful in counterfeit honey - it is dangerous not only to consume it, but even to use it for cosmetic purposes.
Here are some tips to help you distinguish good honey from bad:
1. Viscosity. Good honey should not contain a lot of water. Heat the product to 15-20 degrees, stirring gently. Take out the spoon and rotate it in a circle - natural honey envelops the spoon without spreading. Then pour the mass back into the pan - you will get a hill with a surface of bubbles
2. Bread products. Another way to check the presence or absence of water. Dip a slice of bread or bun in honey and leave for 7-9 minutes. In bad honey, the bread will become soft, and if the product is of good quality, it will harden.
3. Paper. Apply honey to a paper towel or newspaper, then remove it—there should be no trace left on the surface. A wet spot indicates excess water in the product.
4. Iodine. Mix honey and water in a glass and add a little iodine. If the mixture turns blue, the honey contains a lot of starch and flour.
5. Lapis pencil. You can buy such a product at any pharmacy. Dip the pencil in a solution of honey and water, hold for a couple of seconds. If white sand appears at the bottom, it means that the product contains a lot of sugar.
6. Wire. Heat stainless steel wire over a fire and dip it in honey. No sticky mass should stick to the surface. Clean wire is a quality product.
7. Ammonia. Mix water and honey (2:1), pour in 2-3 drops of ammonia and mix well. If the liquid turns brown, the honey contains starch syrup.
8. Sediment. Make tea with a small amount of honey and put it in a dark place for an hour. Then check if sediment has appeared on the bottom or surface of the glass. No extra impurities? You bought good honey.
9. Aroma. Quality honey always has a fragrant aroma. Only bad honey has no smell.
10. Chemical pencil. Paper and a special pencil will also help you determine the presence of extra components in honey. Apply a thin layer of the product to a sheet of paper and write something through it. If dark purple stains appear, the honey is oversaturated with water or syrup.
The type of honey also determines a lot. Don't forget about it to make the right choice! Linden honey is always amber, mustard honey has a yellow-cream shade, flower honey is yellow-golden, buckwheat honey is brown.
Too white honey should be a warning sign, as not all producers provide bees with access to nectar, but feed them sugar. Such honey has no taste or healing properties.
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