Description

Honey is a sweet food made by some insects using nectar from flowers. The variety produced by honey bees (the genus Apis) is the one most commonly referred to and is the type of honey collected by beekeepers and consumed by humans. Honey produced by other bees and insects has distinctly different properties. The main uses of honey are in cooking, baking, as a spread on breads, and as an addition to various beverages such as tea and as a sweetener in some commercial beverages. According to international food regulations, "honey stipulates a pure product that does not allow for the addition of any other ***** includes, but is not limited to, water or other sweeteners". Honey is the main ingredient in the alcoholic beverage mead, which is also known as "honey wine" or "honey beer" (although it is neither wine nor beer). Historically, the ferment for mead was honey&#**9;s naturally-occurring yeast. Honey is also used as an adjunct in beer. Its glycemic index ranges from *1 to *8, depending on the variety