An organic compound known as 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is formed from reducing
sugars in honey and various processed foods in acidic environments when they are heated …

Honey is a popular natural food product with a very complex composition mainly consisting
of both organic and inorganic constituents. The composition of honey is strongly influenced …

Background Food safety has garnered much worldwide attention recently for reasons that
are, unfortunately, not always positive. Traceability system (TS) is designed to assure safe …

The stingless bees are one of the most diverse, attractive, fascinating, conspicuous and
useful of all the insect groups of the tropical world. This is a formidable and contentious …

Honey is the world's third most adulterated food. The addition of cane sugar or corn syrup
and the mislabelling of geographic origin are common fraudulent practices in honey …

Background Honey contains a complex mixture of carbohydrates and other minor
substances. Elements are minor constituents of honey that may threaten the human health in …

The elemental profiles of six honey samples from Malaysia had been constructed using the
data obtained from both ICP-AES and ICP-MS. Potassium and sodium were the most …

Honey is one of the most popular natural sweet substances. From a chemical point of view, it
could be defined as a natural food mainly composed of sugars and water together with …

Multi-element analysis of honey samples was carried out with the aim of developing a
reliable method of tracing the origin of honey. Forty-two chemical elements were determined …

The aim of the present study was to characterize the phenolic acids, flavonoids, and
antioxidant properties of monofloral honey collected from five different districts in …