Description
Description:
Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance made by honey bees and
some related insects.
Bees produce honey from the sugary secretions of plants (floral
nectar) or from secretions of other insects (such as honeydew), by
regurgitations, enzymatic activity, and water evaporation. Bees
store honey in wax structures called honeycomb\'s. The variety of
honey produced by Honey bees (the genus Apis) is the best-known,
due to its worldwide
commercial production and human consumption. Honey is collected
from wild bee colonies, or
from hives of domesticated bees, a practice known as beekeeping or
apiculture.
Specification
for pure honey Moisture = Max *9%
Hydroxy methyl = Max *0 ppm furfuraldehyde
Diastase = Min *5
Apparent reducing = Min *5% sugar content
Apparent sucrose = Max 5% content
Water insoluble = Max 0. 1% solids content
Ash content = Max 0.6%
Acidity = Max *0 milk-equivalent
acid per ***0gms
Flavor/smell = Typical blossom honey flavor,
free from off taints, or untypical strong flavor.
Port: Apapa Lagos