Honey is a unique healing delicacy created by nature itself. There are many varieties of this product that differ in honey carrier, taste, aroma and, of course, color. The most popular shades of this sweetness range from golden to dark brown. However, white honey is also found.
Instructions
Step 1
The color of honey largely depends on the plant, the nectar of which the bees collected to create their product. White honey is usually obtained from the flowers of raspberry, rapeseed, willow-herb, white acacia and white clover, sweet clover, cotton, linden. Moreover, this product acquires white color only after crystallization. Freshly pumped honey from these plants ranges in hue from light golden to light brown.
Step 2
The raspberry honey is considered the rarest of the white types of honey. Since raspberries bloom for a fairly short time, beekeepers rarely manage to collect a large amount of such a product. Raspberry honey is one of the healthiest, it is an excellent remedy for colds and flu.
Step 3
Rapeseed honey has a rather sugary taste, but it has a calming effect and strengthens the immune system. Unlike other types of honey, it quickly becomes sugar-coated and turns white as a result. Melilot honey, which has a mild vanilla flavor, has a much slower natural crystallization process.
Step 4
Alfalfa honey is also considered very useful, which has a pleasant aroma and specific taste. The freshly pumped product is light amber in color, and after crystallization it acquires a white tint and creamy consistency. It contains about 40% levulose and 30% glucose.
Step 5
Of course, bees rarely use the pollen of one single plant species, so pure white honey does not exist in nature. A natural product will always have a creamy hue, with a slight touch of yellow or brown. And also a greasy or waxy consistency, since during the crystallization process it becomes quite dense. If honey looks like sour cream, then it contains various additives.
Step 6
Natural white honey can be consumed without fear, as sugar is a natural process of this product. Even in crystallized form, it retains all the beneficial substances. And if you need to use it for baking, this product can be easily melted in a water bath. But with it, you cannot bring it to a boil.
Step 7
Sometimes honey of any shade, which has just begun to crystallize, is made white by long beating. In this case, it acquires a more delicate creamy consistency. Such a product can often be found in stores in Europe and America. Whipped honey is also sold in Russia. However, when making it, unscrupulous manufacturers often add various additives to it, helping to enhance its taste and increase its volume. Therefore, this product should only be purchased from someone you fully trust.
