The five methods to distinguish the true and false honey are cold water identification, hot water identification, bubble identification, smell identification and crystallization identification.

1, cold water identification method

Take a spoonful of honey and add it to a transparent water bottle, then pour cold water. The honey is in a ratio of 1: 3, cover the bottle cap, shake it vigorously and let it stand for observation. If there are a lot of bubbles on the water surface of honey in the bottle, and they will appear turbid for a long time, they can be identified as true. The fake honey will not change after strong shaking, and its liquid is still very clear.

2, hot water identification method

Real honey brewed with hot water can taste sweet and slightly sour, because natural honey contains organic acids, so it will have a sour taste. Those syrup honey or concentrated honey will still be sweet, and the taste will not change, except for sweetness and even a little greasy.

3. Bubble identification method

Without adding water to honey, shake the bottle containing honey a few times directly, and at this time, a large number of tiny bubbles are generated, which can be judged as real honey, while those that cannot generate bubbles after shaking are fake honey.

4, smell identification method

Natural honey will smell a faint floral fragrance, which is refreshing. Fake honey is made of sucrose and essence, which smells like sweet and greasy sugar instead of natural flowers.

5, crystallization identification method

Except for a few honey that is not easy to crystallize, most honey will slowly crystallize below 14. Especially when the weather is cold in winter, the crystallization phenomenon of honey can be seen more obviously, and the crystals produced by real honey are very delicate and soft.