Monofloral honeys as a potential source of natural antioxidants, minerals and medicine

R Mărgăoan, E Topal, R Balkanska, B Yücel, T Oravecz… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: vegetative diversity is based on different climate and geographical origins. In
terms of beekeeping, herbal diversity is strongly correlated to the production of a wide …

Honey authenticity: Analytical techniques, state of the art and challenges

AS Tsagkaris, GA Koulis, GP Danezis, I Martakos… - Rsc Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Honey is a high-value, globally consumed, food product featuring a high market price strictly
related to its origin. Moreover, honey origin has to be clearly stated on the label, and quality …

Distinguishing the region-of-origin of roasted coffee beans with trace element ratios

NQ Bitter, DP Fernandez, AW Driscoll, JD Howa… - Food Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Determining coffee region-of-origin is most appropriately addressed through analyses of the
product available to the consumer. We analyzed the concentrations of 44 trace elements in …

Use of energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence combined with chemometric modelling to classify honey according to botanical variety and geographical origin

Y Fiamegos, C Dumitrascu, M Ghidotti… - Analytical and …, 2020 - Springer
Honey is one of the food commodities most frequently affected by fraud. Although addition of
extraneous sugars is the most common type of fraud, analytical methods are also needed to …

Headspace with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for the use of volatile organic compound profile in botanical origin authentication of honey

A Castell, N Arroyo-Manzanares, Y Guerrero-Núñez… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The botanical origin of honey determines its composition and hence properties and product
quality. As a highly valued food product worldwide, assurance of the authenticity of honey is …

Classification of edible bird's nest samples using a logistic regression model through the mineral ratio approach

KM Ang, EK Seow, PS Fam, LH Cheng - Food Control, 2022 - Elsevier
Cave-harvested edible bird nest (EBN) is a high-priced commodity, that often being
counterfeited with lower-priced house-farmed EBN. In this study, cave-harvested EBN and …

Element content in ten Croatian honey types from different geographical regions during three seasons

N Bilandžić, M Sedak, M Đokić, AG Bošković… - Journal of food …, 2019 - Elsevier
Concentrations of 20 elements were measured in ten honey types collected from four main
geographical regions of Croatia during three beekeeping seasons. The four regions differ by …

[HTML][HTML] ED-XRF as screening tool to help customs laboratories in their fight against fraud. State-of-the-art

M Ghidotti, S Papoci, C Dumitrascu, T Zdiniakova… - Talanta Open, 2021 - Elsevier
The fight against fraud is highly demanding because research needs to adapt constantly to
solve new specific problems, created by the endless fantasy of fraudsters to deceive …

[PDF][PDF] Determination of macro and trace element levels in honey from the lower Amazonian region, Brazil

GS Dourado, VV Gomes, MTV Maia… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2019 - brjac.com.br
The aim of this study was to quantify the macro and trace element concentrations in Apis
mellifera and Melipona interrupta honey samples from the Lower Amazonian region in order …

Release of elements and phenolic and flavonoid compounds from herbs and spices into acacia honey during infusion

N Czipa, CJC Phillips, E Topa, B Kovács - Journal of Food Science and …, 2024 - Springer
Acacia honey was infused with basil, oregano, marjoram, dill, garlic or cinnamon at infusion
rates of 0–5% by mass for a 6 months period. After removal of the infusates, macro and …