Will The Crystals Be Fake Honey? Ants Don't Eat Real Honey? Identify Real Honey By "adding Water"

In recent years, honey fraud methods have become more and more diverse, and it is not easy for people to judge whether the products they buy are fake honey. There are even rumors on the Internet: "Ants do not eat pure honey", "Crystal honey is mixed with sugar" and other information, for the sake of Therefore, the Agricultural Improvement Farm in Miaoli District of the Agriculture Committee has cleared up the public's doubts, let the public know more about the characteristics of honey, and avoid being taken advantage of.

The Agricultural Reform Farm in Miaoli District of the Agricultural Committee explained that honey is made by bees that collect nectar from flowers and bring it back to the nest to concentrate and brew. The main components are glucose and fructose, which are monosaccharides. Mainly, honey is also rich in amino acids, minerals and vitamins, and is a good health food.

As for the rumor on the Internet that "ants do not eat pure honey", the Miaoli District Agricultural Reform Farm stated that the main reason is that honey has a low moisture content and is too viscous, and ants are easily stuck by honey. Once the worker ants detect food, they cannot Returning to the nest in a timely manner will naturally move the food home without other ants; if the honey itself has a high moisture content, or if it is exposed to the air for a long time to absorb moisture and increase the moisture content, it will also attract ants. And the monosaccharide in real honey is the best energy source for ants, so the ant's preference for honey cannot be used to judge whether the honey is pure or not.

Miaoli District Agricultural Reform Farm further pointed out that the total content of monosaccharides such as glucose and fructose in honey accounts for about 60% to 70%. Among them, honey with a higher proportion of fructose, such as longan honey, is not easy to crystallize, while the proportion of glucose is higher. When the water content is low and the temperature is lower than 13 degrees Celsius, glucose is easy to form crystals, resulting in crystallization.. On the other hand, synthetic honey is mostly made of syrup, which is not easy to crystallize; therefore, honey that crystallizes is "true" honey.

Miaoli District Farm Reform Farm also provides the following 3 simple methods for the public to judge the authenticity of honey:

❶ Because natural honey contains pollen, it will look a little cloudy under the light, while most honey made from artificial syrup has no pollen and looks transparent and clear.

❷Honey contains amylase and other proteins. Shaking vigorously with water will produce fine and long-lasting foam, while fake honey will quickly disappear after shaking with water.

❸ The mark represents that the honey is domestically produced, and has passed the inspection of pesticide and antibiotic residues, conforming to the national honey inspection standards, and the quality is guaranteed.

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◎ Image source/Provided by the Agricultural Improvement Farm of Miaoli District, Agricultural Committee, Dazhi Image/shutterstock

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