It is not easy to buy real honey, scammers try to sell fake or low-quality honey. Therefore, before you go to the market, remember a few basic rules with which you can surely distinguish real honey from fake.
Instructions
Step 1
When you come to the market, first pay attention to the color and clarity of the honey. Good honey can, of course, be light, even white, for example, phacelia or sweet clover, but it is better to take the one with a rich shade, then you definitely won't be mistaken. And fresh honey should be transparent, not like glass, of course, it may contain a small suspension of pollen and other particles. But not completely cloudy, especially during the period of honey collection. But if you want to buy honey in the fall or winter, then it will already be crystallized, and this is normal.
Step 2
If you like honey by the color, open the jar and smell it. The smell of real honey cannot be confused, it is rich and pleasant. But if in front of you is a product prepared with the addition of sugar syrup, the smell will be weak. It also happens that fake honey is made by feeding huge amounts of diluted sugar to the bees, then you will not feel the aroma either.
Step 3
Check the honey. Take some with a spoon and pour. Real bee honey will flow in a thick continuous stream, you can even twist the spoon at this moment, honey should be wrapped around it in layers. There is no point in checking with a chemical pencil, although many mistakenly consider this method to be the most correct. The fact is that in this way you will only determine the presence of high water content, but not sugar and other impurities.
Step 4
You won't be able to check honey for naturalness on the market anymore, but you can continue at home. Dilute a little with water, the honey should completely dissolve, although not immediately. The presence of grains and other sediment indicates impurities. An accurate analysis can only be done in a laboratory, so if you plan to buy honey from this seller in the future, it is worth investing in this procedure.
