What is adulteration of honey?
Direct adulteration of honey is commonly performed by the direct addition of a certain amount of sucrose syrup into the honey. The source of sucrose syrup could be sugar beet, HFCS, maltose syrup, or industrial sugar syrups (glucose and fructose) obtained from heat, enzyme, or acid treatment of starch [74].
How is honey tested for adulteration?
–Vinegar Test: Mix a few drops of honey into vinegar water, if the mixture starts to foam, then your honey is fake. –The Heat Test: Honey remains unburned. To try the heat test, dip a matchstick in honey and light it. If it burns, then your honey is adulterated.
Which honey passed the NMR test?
A recent report by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) showed that only three honey brands – Saffola, MarkfedSohna and Nature’s Nectar – out of 13 passed the stringent NMR test for testing the purity of their product.
Is Indian honey adulterated?
An investigation in December 2020 by the CSE unravelled the ‘food fraud’. The finding revealed that 77\% of honey samples (17/22), which the CSE got tested in Indian and German laboratories, had failed the tests of purity and were found adulterated with sugar syrups. Only three out of 13 brands had passed all tests.
Which is pure honey in India?
‘No adulteration’ “Dabur is the only company in India to have an NMR testing equipment in our own laboratory, and the same is used to regularly test our honey being sold in the Indian market. This is to ensure that Dabur Honey is 100\% pure without any adulteration,” the accompanying statement noted.
Which honey brands are adulterated?
These three brands are Saffola, Markfed Sohna and Nature’s Nectar. This, according to CSE, shows that the “business of adulteration” has evolved so that it can pass the tests stipulated in India. “Our concern is not just that the honey we eat is adulterated, but that this adulteration is difficult to catch.
Which honey passed CSE?
On 2 December 2020, the CSE revealed that it had chosen honey samples of 13 brands to undergo the NMR test at a German laboratory to check for purity. Only three brands passed the test and one of them was big brand Saffola Honey.
Which honey brands passed CSE?
Three companies’ samples sent by CSE to the German testing laboratory — Saffola, Markfed Sohna and Nature’s Nectar—passed the NMR test. CSE did not disclose which German lab tested their products.