Fake honey is flooding the market: how to spot real honey?Check the first comment 👇

 

Fake honey is flooding the market: how to spot real honey?

In recent years, fake honey has appeared on the European market, and the figures are alarming. A recent inspection by the consumer association Active Consumers revealed that 5 out of 10 honey brands tested did not meet basic quality standards. These included:

Water content: must be less than 20%
Electrical conductivity: must not exceed 0.8 mS/cm
Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF): not more than 40 mg/kg
Diastase activity: at least 8 Göte units
Proline content: not less than 180 mg/kg
Fake honey floods the market: how to recognize the real thing
How is honey counterfeited?
There are two common methods of honey adulterationDilution with glucose-fructose syrup: this increases the volume and reduces production costs.

Premature harvesting: Removing honey from the hive too early speeds up production, but results in higher water content and lower quality.
In both cases, what ends up on store shelves doesn't meet the standards of natural honey.
Can you spot fake honey at home?
We consulted the internet to find the most popular honey authenticity tests. Here are our results and their reliability:🐜 3. Les fourmis évitent le vrai miel

Allégation : Les fourmis ne touchent pas au miel pur.
Réalité : Faux également. Les fourmis adorent le sucre, et le miel (vrai ou faux) en est rempli. Les abeilles ne produisent aucun produit chimique répulsif contre les fourmis.

💧 4. Densité et dissolution
Allégation : Le vrai miel est épais, se dissout lentement dans l’eau et forme une bulle d’air qui se déplace lentement lorsqu’on le retourne.
Réalité : Parfois vrai. Ces indices aident à indiquer la teneur en eau, mais encore une fois, le type de miel a son importance. Certains sont naturellement plus liquides.