{"id":1617,"date":"2020-06-14T12:56:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T04:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefooduntold.com\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2023-07-09T16:49:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T08:49:46","slug":"why-should-you-read-the-label-when-buying-honey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefooduntold.com\/food-science\/why-should-you-read-the-label-when-buying-honey\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Adulterated Honey? Read The Label"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Why should you read the label when buying honey every time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food that cannot be easily differentiated by mere sight is vulnerable to adulteration. Honey is no exception as it is the third most adulterated food in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s funny because adulterated honey is more common than naturally-sourced honey despite the fact that honey isn\u2019t really that expensive.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In China alone, it has been studied that around 70% of honey sold are believed to impure. While in the US, almost 80% of honey are believed to be fake according to My Bee Line<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usually, adulterated honey comes with cheap sweeteners like high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and glucose syrup to add volume. HFCS is what most prefer to add to honey because of its near similarity to pure honey that it is difficult to detect and it is cheaper. As to why people do this is definitely for profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per FDA, honey is thick, sweet, syrupy substance that bees make as food from the nectar of flowers and store in the honeycombs. Therefore, if any product labeled \u201choney\u201d is not really honey if it’s composition has been modified through a process or through addition or another ingredient. If it has been modified, then it is adulterated honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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