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 …

Honey volatiles as a fingerprint for botanical origin—a review on their occurrence on monofloral honeys

AM Machado, MG Miguel, M Vilas-Boas, AC Figueiredo - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Honeys have specific organoleptic characteristics, with nutritional and health benefits, being
highly appreciated by consumers, not only in food but also in the pharmaceutical and …

General nutritional profile of bee products and their potential antiviral properties against mammalian viruses

ST Asma, O Bobiş, V Bonta, U Acaroz, SRA Shah… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bee products have been extensively employed in traditional therapeutic practices to treat
several diseases and microbial infections. Numerous bioactive components of bee products …

Detection of honey adulteration–The potential of UV-VIS and NIR spectroscopy coupled with multivariate analysis

D Valinger, L Longin, F Grbeš, M Benković, T Jurina… - Lwt, 2021 - Elsevier
Honey is usually adulterated by cheaper, commercially available sugar syrups with similar
chemical composition. Adulterated honeys are frequently marked as natural and are valued …

Floral authentication of some monofloral honeys based on volatile composition and physicochemical parameters

O Yildiz, H Gurkan, D Sahingil, A Degirmenci… - … Food Research and …, 2022 - Springer
Twenty four honey samples of eight distinct botanical origins obtained from different regions
of Turkey were analyzed in this study. Various physicochemical (glucose and fructose …

Foodomics in bee product research: a systematic literature review

I Kafantaris, GD Amoutzias, D Mossialos - European Food Research and …, 2021 - Springer
Foodomics is an emerging research field in food science that applies advanced omics
technologies to assess relevant aspects related to food and nutrition, with the ultimate goal …

Heavy metal content in polyfloralhoney and potential health risk. A case study of Copșa Mică, Romania

S Bartha, I Taut, G Goji, IA Vlad, F Dinulică - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Honey is both a complex food and medicine as well as a healthy alternative to refined sugar.
Besides a complex mixture of carbohydrates, honey contains other minor substances which …

The use of SPME-GC-MS IR and Raman techniques for botanical and geographical authentication and detection of adulteration of honey

NS Sotiropoulou, M Xagoraris, PK Revelou… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this review is to describe the chromatographic, spectrometric, and spectroscopic
techniques applied to honey for the determination of botanical and geographical origin and …

The importance of testing the quality and authenticity of food products: The example of honey

N Żak, A Wilczyńska - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to review methods of honey testing in the assessment of its quality
and authenticity. The quality of honey, like other food products, is multidimensional. This …

Quality assessment of raw honey issued from eastern Romania

A Albu, CG Radu-Rusu, IM Pop, G Frunza, G Nacu - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Romania is known among the main European honey producers, due to the variety of
landforms as well as the diversity of the flora. Thirty-four honey samples of the acacia, linden …