Because honey is favored by the public, some lawless elements adulterate or fake it, add white sugar and sulfuric acid to make fake honey, or use maltose, syrup and fructose syrup as honey. In order to confuse the public, counterfeiters also add chemicals such as thickener, sweetener, preservative, essence and pigment to fake honey. Fake honey not only harms the interests of consumers, but also harms their health.

Most of the fake honey in the market is blended with sugar, water and additives. At present, the most common way to make fake honey in the market is to mix it with fructooligosaccharides, syrup, etc., and some use grain to process it into syrup to pretend to be honey. In addition, some are blended with essence, pigment and other chemicals to make fake honey.

Experts said that many citizens like to buy honey shaken on the spot at honey stalls, but many times what they see is not necessarily true. Sellers often cheat on honey barrels, and the honey that consumers buy is actually inferior honey that sellers have already prepared.

Although there are many kinds of fake honey in the market, there are generally three ways to fake honey. First, white sugar is boiled with water and sulfuric acid, and disaccharide molecules of white sugar are decomposed into monosaccharide fake honey by acidolysis. The second is to pretend to be honey with caramel and syrup. The third is to use food crops to process syrup as honey. In order to make fake honey look more realistic, some counterfeiters will add chemicals such as thickeners, sweeteners and preservatives.

Take the first method of counterfeiting as an example. The counterfeiter first boils water, then adds white sugar to make syrup, and then adds a bottle of real honey. After the sugar is cooled, it looks clearer and more beautiful than the real honey, so it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish between true and false with the naked eye.

2. How to distinguish true and false honey?

Experts say that the purchase of honey is seasonal according to the season and the stocking conditions of bees. In the north, flowers bloom in April and May, and there is more honey in them. At present, it is the season when Sophora japonica blooms, and Sophora japonica honey begins to sell well. Because the radius of bee colony is only 5 kilometers, there are different flowers and honey varieties in different areas. Coupled with the rampant fake honey, how the public can distinguish it has become a problem.

Experts also said that although fake honey is enough to be true, it can still be identified by looking, smelling and tasting. One of the easiest ways is to stir up honey with chopsticks. If honey can be pulled into slender silk, and the silk will automatically retract into a ball after breaking, it will be the top grade. Citizens can also drop the bought honey on white paper. If the honey gradually permeates and disperses, it means that the honey is mixed with sucrose and water. In addition, a small amount of honey is boiled with appropriate amount of water, cooled, dropped into a few drops of yellow wine and shaken well. If it turns blue or red or purple, it means starch is mixed.

In addition, fake honey can also be identified by observation, and honey mixed with sugar has poor transparency and turbidity; Honey mixed with flour, starch or corn flour is cloudy in color and not sweet enough in taste; Honey mixed with brown sugar is darker in color, while honey mixed with white sugar is lighter in color.

Smell is also an important means to distinguish between true and false honey. Fake honey smells of chemicals, pungent or fruity, while real honey smells pure and natural, with a faint floral fragrance.

In taste, fake honey tastes sweet, and some have bitter or strange taste, while real honey tastes mellow, slightly spicy or slightly sour.

Whether the honey purchased by the public has crystals is also an important way to distinguish between true and false honey. With the help of this feature of honey, the public can take a little crystal and twist it with their hands. The crystal of real honey is very soft, and it will break when twisted, and it will melt in their hands like oil, while the crystal of fake honey has a granular feeling and is not easy to melt.

3. How can honey be eaten healthier?

As a product suitable for all ages, honey can be eaten in various ways, but it is welcomed by many people by flushing.

Drinking honey should be done with warm water below 45℃, and boiling water is easy to destroy the nutrition of honey itself. Honey water only needs to be slightly sweet, not too sweet, and it is more appropriate to drink honey once in the morning and evening. In the morning, you can quickly recover your physical strength, double your spirit, and have a good sleep at night, but those with higher blood sugar should drink it in moderation.

It is reported that when summer comes, young people are suitable to drink some honey that can detoxify and reduce fire, and excrete the toxins deposited for a winter. Old people are suitable for some honey that nourishes blood and kidney. Acacia honey is suitable for young men to drink, and it has the functions of reducing fire, expelling toxin and relaxing bowels. Loquat honey can relieve cough and resolve phlegm, jujube honey has a good beauty beauty effect, and the elderly are suitable for Salvia Miltiorrhiza honey, which has a good effect of enriching blood and nourishing kidney.

Experts say that in addition to eating methods, the honey used by the elderly and children is also different. Children had better choose to use Sophora japonica honey, because Sophora japonica is produced in spring, and Sophora japonica honey contains more nutrients. Sophora japonica honey is small in calories, very moist, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and it is not easy for children to get angry when eating it. It is best for middle-aged and elderly people to choose jujube nectar. Jujube flowers are "big fire", which is helpful for middle-aged and elderly people to improve in the medium term.

4. Relevant knowledge

1. Sophora japonica honey and jujube honey are more secure: some fresh honey species on the market may be blended. Because some crops are rarely planted on a large scale, bee friends had better choose popular honey.

2. When honey is put on bread, there is no loss of nutrition: when honey is put on bread or steamed bread, it can completely retain the nutrition of honey, and it is healthier to add it to milk instead of sugar to flavor.

3. Avoid touching metal objects during storage: honey is acidic, so do not use metal containers for storage, and do not put metal spoons in honey bottles for a long time to avoid chemical reactions.