At first glance, luster and color: the texture of real honey is light white, light yellow or amber, and light color is better; The luster is not very bright. Fake honey is bright in color, boiled with white sugar or impersonated with syrup, so it looks very clear and bright, usually light yellow or dark yellow. In addition, pure honey is colorless, and the color of honey is caused by the pollen of different plants in honey. Therefore, dark honey is more nutritious than light honey, but dark honey often contains a strong smell, such as buckwheat honey; Light-colored honey generally smells fragrant, such as litchi honey and locust tree honey.

identification of impurities: red-hot iron wire can be inserted into honey. The real honey is bubbling, and the fake one is smoking. If it is pure honey, the iron wire is very smooth and free of impurities after being pulled out. Use chopsticks to stir up honey, which can be pulled into long silk, continuously flowing, and the broken silk will automatically retract and be spherical. Mix honey and water according to the ratio of 1: 5, and leave it for one day. Those without precipitation are the best products.

identification of three kinds of water content: when honey is dripped on white paper, pure honey will be beaded and will not seep, while honey mixed with water will gradually seep, and the faster it seeps, the more water will be mixed.

Identification of four heavy metals: Take one tablespoon of honey and add it to half a cup of very strong cold green tea. If the honey has been polluted by heavy metals, the tannins in the tea will react with the heavy metals in the honey to form gray or brown and black salts. The darker the color, the heavier the degree of heavy metal pollution.

identification of starch content: put a small amount of honey into a cup, add a proper amount of water to boil, and after cooling, drop a few drops of iodine and shake well. If the solution turns blue or red or purple, it means that starch is mixed in the honey.

identification of six sugars: honey mixed with sugar has poor transparency, unclear brightness, turbid appearance and poor flower fragrance. Honey mixed with brown sugar is dark in color, while honey mixed with white sugar is light in color. Can be rubbed with two fingers, to feel sticky as well, there is a granular feeling of sugar.

7. Taste identification: True honey is sweet and delicious, with a slight sour taste, and the crystal block is crisp when it enters the teeth, and it melts when it is contained, while fake honey has a bitter taste, and the crystal block chews like sugar with a crisp sound.

eight smells identification: real honey has a faint floral smell, while fake honey smells pungent or fruity.

identification of nine crystals: fake honey is not crystallized, but some white sugar added to fake honey will also precipitate under certain conditions, forming a precipitate at the bottom of the bottle. It is easy to distinguish the crystallization of real honey from the precipitation of fake honey. Honey crystals are soft and can be easily twisted on fingers, which has a delicate feeling. The white sugar precipitated from fake honey is relatively dense, and when it is twisted on the finger, it has a sense of gravel.