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Minerals are divided into three groups on the basis of body requirements: major elements, trace elements, and ultra‐trace elements. Honey contains different kinds of minerals and heavy metal elements. The amount of different minerals and heavy metals in honey is largely dependent on the soil composition as well as various types of floral plants because minerals are transported into plants through the roots and are passed to the nectar and finally into the honey produced from it. In addition to these factors, beekeeping practices, environmental pollution, and honey processing also contribute to the diversified mineral content found to be present in honey. A number of techniques are used to determine chemical elements, such as minerals, metals, and nonmetals, at low concentrations in supplied honey samples. The commonly used techniques are flame emission spectrometry, flame atomic absorption spectrometry …