Honey Fair begins in the late spring and attract a huge number of people willing to buy a useful and natural. Often, however, to increase the volume of unscrupulous manufacturers add sugar syrup treats and other substances. But the 7 ways to determine natural honey, which not everyone knows will help purchase a quality product.
The properties of different grades
Natural product has therapeutic properties. To them it is not lost, it can not be stored in metal containers, or honey oxides. In some cases it can even lead to poisoning. And it is worth remembering that the delicacy is no longer valid in boiling water.
Its structure begins to disintegrate at 60 ° C, So the tea honey added after cooling fluid, but not immediately.
Depending on where the bees fly for nectar collection, the product can be of different types and has certain medicinal properties:
- Linden - has a good diaphoretic, expectorant, antipyretic and bactericidal effect.
- Buckwheat is useful in pathologies of the cardiovascular system, anemia, beriberi, after heavy blood loss.
- Chestnut has a positive effect on the body in disorders of the digestive system, has antimicrobial action.
- Kipreyny well during colds, because it contains a lot of vitamin C.
- Floral especially useful for women, used in the treatment of gynecological problems.
Honey meadow grasses copes with insomnia and reduces headaches.
Quality checking
Before going to the market or fair for medical treat, worth reading tips, which will help determine the quality of honey, because the product is quite expensive, and bring home a fake nobody I want to. There are 7 simple ways to help determine the quality of honey:
- Natural product can not be watery. To check the viscosity, it is necessary to heat it in a water bath to 20 the C, drop the spoon, stir and remove. If the consistency is normal, it will treat form in the bride, and not drain during rotation cutlery. Then we need to pay attention to how the product flows back into the jar. If the slide and rests on the surface of bubbles appear - good quality.
- A little sweet bee drip on the toilet paper or paper, while it should remain dry. The appearance of the wet footprint indicates the presence of water in the composition.
- Lowered to 10-15 minutes a piece of bread, then get. If the bread is softened - in honey is water, hardened - excellent quality.
- To determine the presence of impurities, it is enough to dilute the honey and water to drip one drop of iodine. The blue color indicates the presence of flour or starch.
- Dilute a treat with warm water and add a little vinegar. If such a liquid hiss - in the product have chalk.
- Honey smudge on paper and to draw it by an indelible pencil. If there were bluish stains - treat diluted with sugar and / or water.
- A piece of wire heated cigarette lighter and lower in sweetness. If it sticks to stainless steel - it is a fake. Wire remains clean - a natural product and quality.
Armed with these simple ways to determine the quality of medicinal sweets, you can stock up for the whole year a natural product and not a fake.
