Look at the color: The depth of the color of honey depends on the amount of plant pigments and colored minerals contained in the honey. The normal color can be divided into water white, extra white, white, extra light amber, and light amber. , amber and dark amber 7 levels. Honey from different flower species has different colors. Therefore, it is wrong to have two colors of the same honey. For example, linden tree honey is light amber. If the color is red, it means that the honey has been processed at high temperature. Real honey has strong light transmittance and uniform color, while inferior honey is turbid and contains impurities.

Look at the shape: When buying honey, you can turn the bottled honey over. Pure honey will appear stringy. When you get home, you can try to pick the honey with chopsticks. Pure honey can stretch into filaments when picked up. After the filaments are broken, it can shrink back and even become beads. Adulterated honey cannot be picked up, or it cannot be picked into strands. Of course, sometimes you will find that some honey will crystallize, which is related to temperature. When the storage temperature is 5℃~13℃, it will crystallize soon, and fake honey is not easily affected by temperature. The crystals of pure honey are soft and easy to melt when twisted by hand, without a gritty feeling, otherwise it may be adulterated honey.

Smell: Impure honey will smell like fruit sugar or artificial flavors, honey mixed with spices will have an unusual aroma, and pure honey will smell natural and have a light floral aroma.

Taste: Pure honey has a mellow taste, a sweet aroma, a long aftertaste after entering the mouth, and is easy to crystallize; impure honey has a single sweet taste, no aroma, and a taste of white sugar water, and the crystals melt in the mouth and are astringent. Smells slightly sticky and dissolves quickly when poured into water.

Look at the label: anything with ingredients other than honey in the ingredient list is not pure honey. Even if there is no ingredient list, the product name with a functional or directional function cannot be pure honey.

Look at the concentration: Touch the honey in the bag. If it feels thick, it means honey with high concentration. Shake it to see the flow rate. Slow flow proves that the concentration is high. Put a drop of honey on paper. High-quality honey will be in the shape of beads and will not spread easily; low-quality honey will not be in the shape of beads and will spread easily.