Honey at first glance

High-quality honey: generally white, light yellow or amber, bright and shiny honey. Rape nectar is light yellow in color, purple cloud white in honey is yellowish, citrus honey, light yellow in litchi honey, light white in honey, and light honey in cotton. At room temperature is a viscous, transparent or translucent gel-like fluid that crystallizes at low temperatures.

Inferior honey: darker, darker, darker and dull. Thinner at room temperature, with sediments or impurities, opaque, and some appear foam. The aroma is light or no aroma, there are bad smells such as fermented taste, wine taste and bitter, astringent, sour, and hemp tongue.

In addition, among the various types of honey sold in the market, in particular, some bulk honeys are doped to make false inferior products particularly high. In order to avoid being deceived at the time of purchase, consumers must have prior knowledge of false identification. Here are some common methods of identification for your reference.

Differentiate honey with water and sucrose: honey is dropped on white or straw paper. If the honey on the paper is gradually oozing, it means that sucrose and water are mixed.

Differentiation of honey mixed with starch: Put a small amount of honey into the cup, add the appropriate amount of water, boil, after cooling, drop a few drops of iodine, if the color of the solution turns blue, indicating that mixed with starch.

Differentiating honey with impurities: Insert red-hot iron wire into the honey. If there is adhesive on the wire, it indicates impurities. If the wire is still smooth, there is no impurity.