Assuring the Quality of Honey: Is it Honey or Syrup?

Published in: 1979
Source: Journal of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists
Vol. 51 (2):224A-232A, February 1979.

 

Excerpt:

Honey. a natural product of limited supply and relatively high price. traditionally has been a target for adulteration. As a result. bulk honey markets are being lost to mixtures and substitutes in the form of sugar cane and corn-derived syrups. When such mixtures are appropriately labeled, there is no legal violation. However. the evidence of widespread mislabeling of these materials as pure honey represents a fraud to the consumer.

 

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