I use honey as a treatment, b/c I have ulcer. It helps me a lot to treat my wounds. Also, that’s delicious. I would recommend it.
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People are talking about dark color, strong taste, and crystallizing, so I provided some information. I hope help you too.
The aroma and flavor of honey, as well as its color, are in accordance with the plant from which the bee has provided nectar. In different regions, honey is obtained with different concentrations, and this difference cannot be a determining factor to identify the quality of honey; For example, honeys that are obtained in humid areas, mostly have a low concentration. In contrast to the honeys obtained from mountainous areas, it has a high concentration. The color of honey also depends on the type of nectar that the bee collects, and it varies from very light yellow to dark red and even black. Also, the geographical area and weather conditions are effective in determining the color of honey, so the color of honey, like its concentration, cannot be a determining factor for identifying the quality of honey.
Dark Honey:
Different types of dark honey from thyme, fir, oak, buckwheat and wild flower honey have a dark color. They have high nutritional value. Dark honey has a dark brown or dark amber color. Dark honey usually has a strong and spicy taste compared to light honey. Dark honey contains a high concentration of antioxidants and other nutrients.
In general, it has seven color ranges:
1. watery white
2. bright white
3. white
4. Very light amber
5. light amber
6. amber
7. dark amber
Why does honey crystallize?
Bees also add a type of diastase enzyme called invertase to the nectar, which together with sugar and starch substances that make up four fifths of the nectar's weight, are the main factors in the crystallization of honey, and the speed of this process is directly related to the ratio of carbohydrates, that is, the ratio of fructose and glucose, is directly dependent on the type of flower and vegetation and the season of honey harvesting in the region, which means that the crystallization of honey is also different depending on the type of flower. For example, cotton, rapeseed, and sunflower honeys are among the honeys that crystallize and solidify within a period of less than a month, while acacia honey take longer.
How to prevent honey from crystallizing?
Why do you want to avoid this? You are going to disrupt a natural process in natural honey. Natural honey normally forms clay or crystallizes. But if for any reason you want this to happen, we suggest the following ways.
One of the effective factors to prevent sugaring of honey is increasing the humidity of the environment. If you keep natural honey in a place that has a lot of moisture, the possibility of it becoming crystallized will be greatly reduced. In general, the higher the humidity of the environment, the slower the natural honey will turn to sugar.
Note that putting honey in the freezer or heating honey to prevent sugaring is not very correct and may cause damage to natural honey. As soon as you keep the honey at a temperature away from 10 to 20 degrees Celsius, the possibility of honey becoming sugary is greatly reduced.
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