Tips to Testing the Purity of Honey

Many people think that honey is good is not frozen when stored in the refrigerator, as the given no sign of added sugar (sucrose and fructose). Apparently it is not always guaranteed due to poor quality honey can also stand in the refrigerator.

Many people believe that honey ants are not desirable. However, want to taste sweet, the ants will like. Quite often people associate honey with explosive power if the lid is opened. In fact, the gas would show the honey contains excess water so that it ferments.

In essence, pure honey produced from bees without heating and chemical process whatsoever, and no additives whatsoever. Here are some suggestions to choose a good honey, honey producers obtained from the garden in the mountains of Chiang May, Thailand, and a variety of sources.

1. Pour 1 tablespoon of honey into the dish, then add water.
This is the easiest way to test the authenticity of honey. Poor quality honey will soon be mixed with water, while a good honey will not budge. He was just going to form a texture or pattern like a honeycomb.

2. Without foam
Open the lid and check that honey contains a lot of froth. Good quality honey does not contain froth. The emergence of bubbles indicates fermentation has occurred due to high water content.

3. It was not acid
Honey that has been marked with a sour taste fermented. Could be due to too much water content. In addition, the possibility of honey is not sealed during storage so that it absorbs water from the surroundings. Therefore, honey should be closed tightly.

4. Low sucrose content
Honey is a high quality standard based on Indonesian National Standard (SNI) should not exceed 10 percent.

Source : Taken from any sources