Real Honey:
Pure honey comes directly from honeybees and not factories. The honey made from the nectar of flowers grown in nature, is extracted from the beehives and brought directly to you without any processing for natural essense. Pure Honey may contains bee propolis. Propolis is a kind of jelly which is a natural compound made by bees from saliva and tree buds and other natural source known to heal wounds and fight bacteria.
Honey obtained from honey bees, which is highly nutritious and laden with numerous medicinal properties. It contains all naturally occurring antioxidants, pollen, enzymes, vitamins, and natural minerals. Pure Honey is not dissolved in water.
Fake Honey:
Fake honey is ‘honey’ that has been added glucose, dextrose, molasses, sugar syrup, invert sugar, flour, corn syrup, starch, or any other similar product, other than floral nectar. It is similar to real honey. Fake honey is easily dissolved in water.
Here Are a Few Tests You Can Do at Home to Check the Purity of Honey:
- Stickiness –
Pure Honey: It tends not to be sticky if you rub it between your fingers. It is pure honey.
Fake Honey: It is fairly sticky because of the high percentage of added sweeteners and additives. It is fake honey.
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Thickness –
Pure Honey: It is very thick and takes a good of time to move from one side of the jar/container to the other
Fake Honey: It is very lightish and moves really quickly inside the jar. Not dense at all.
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Taste –
Pure Honey: Contrary to a common belief, the taste will go away very soon in a matter of minutes. Also if you heat and cool pure honey, you will alter the taste and kill all healing and nutrional values
Fake Honey: Extensively sweet taste remains because of added sugars and sweeteners.
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Smell –
Pure Honey: If experienced, you can actually smell aromas of certain flowers and wild grasses.
Fake Honey: There is mostly none or just industrial sour smell.
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Heat Test –
Pure Honey: Upon heating, pure honey caramelizes quickly but does not make foam.
Fake Honey: Forms foam and becomes bubbly because of the added moisture, sugars and water.
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Water Test –
Pure Honey: Pure honey is not dissolved in water.
Fake Honey: Fake honey is easily dissolved in water because of additives.
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Bread test –
Pure Honey: When spread on a slice of bread, the bread will become solid in a few minutes.
Fake Honey: It will wet and moisturize the slice of bread because of additives.
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Impurities –
Pure Honey: Presence of impurities: dirty-looking particles, pollen and bee body parties.
Fake Honey: Absence of impurities.
