Al-Marsad newspaper: Dr. Ibrahim Al-Arifi, a nutrition expert and supervisor of the honey quality laboratory, revealed ways to differentiate between original and adulterated honey.
Al-Arefi said during his meeting with the Saudi morning program broadcast on the Saudi channel, that the correct way to know the original honey from the adulterated is the official accredited laboratories “laboratory analysis”, pointing out that in the absence of a laboratory, the person can, through its sensory properties, differentiate between the original and adulterated honey through several ways.
Ways to differentiate between original and adulterated honey
He stated that this is done by noting that honey is as light as water, or has a layer of foam on the surface like soap, and not the layer of white reem that interactions between Maliki food, honey and pollen, in addition to the quality of storage, that is, it is not under the sun, in addition to being free of foreign impurities. , and the quality of taste.
Al-Arifi denied the correctness of the methods of using water, sand, and others to discover the quality of honey, stressing that they are speculations that do not depend on a scientific basis, pointing out that spherical honey and preventing it from mixing with sand depends on the moisture content.
How do I differentiate between the original honey and adulterated? ????
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