Published in Scientific Bulletin. Series F. Biotechnologies, Vol. XXIV
Written by Diana GROPOŞILĂ-CONSTANTINESCU, Gabriela POPA, Valerica-Luminiţa VIŞAN, Gabriela Lucica MĂRGĂRIT, Radu-Cristian TOMA, Dana BARBA
Along with the special nutritional properties, honey also has therapeutical properties, finding its place in many applications of modern medicine. The main objective of the research consisted in the qualitative testing of eight honey types, four of traditional type and four of industrial type, both organoleptic and physico-chemical and microbiological: lime honey, acacia honey, sunflower honey and polyfloral honey. The organoleptic determinations allowed us to classify all types of honey in the high quality category. In the case of microbial contamination, it was found that no honey sample developed microbial colonies. The pH determinations revealed that all commercial honey showed slightly high value than the traditional ones. In the case of viscosity, the largest differences were observed. It has been found that the traditional sunflower honey has the highest viscosity, respectively 8860cP, and the commercial sunflower honey the lowest viscosity, 200cP. The determination of reducing sugars by the Schoorl method showed that industrial sunflower honey has the highest content, 92.5%, and traditional lime honey, the lowest, 74.3%.
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