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"Naturally sweet, but potentially hiding a criminal past? This is not the plot
of a new crime drama. It is about the jar of honey in your kitchen.
Most honey comes from managed colonies of honeybees. Thousands of worker bees
collect nectar from flowers, bring it back to the hive and transform it into
honey. But as global demand increases and specialist honeys command high
prices, honey has become one of the most frequently adulterated foods in the
world.
Honey fraud usually takes two forms. The first involves altering the honey
itself. Some producers dilute honey with cheaper sugar syrups. Others
artificially ripen immature honey by dehydrating it or even feed sugar
solutions directly to bees, creating a product that only resembles real honey.
A joint investigation by the European Commission and the European Anti Fraud
Office examined honey imported into the European Union between 2021 and 2022.
It found that 46% of tested consignments showed signs they contained added
sugar syrup. The motive is simple economics. Producing natural honey is costly
and time consuming, while rice or corn syrups are much cheaper to make and
sell."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
