Worth knowing information about honey
Contents materials of the honey
|- higher saccharide||
- citric acid
- malic acid
- succinic acid
- formic acid
- Inhibine (possess antibiotic effect)
as well as...
- flavour materials
before all potassium salts
The data specified in this table are average values.
The main parts of the honey are sugars and water. The water content mature one honey lies between 15 to 20 %, may not however 21 % not exceed. Sugar constitutes the largest portion.
Saccharose, a Disaccharid sits down from glucose (grape sugar) and Fructose (fruit sugar) builds up, is however present with 1 % rather in small concentration in the honey. Glucose and Fructose constitute the largest part of the total sugar content. Nektar and honey rope contain clearly more saccharose than honey. A reason for it lies in the processing. During the procedure of the dehydration that is thickened the honey, whereby the saccharose is divided by the enzyme Invertase (in the bee saliva) into its components.