How to distinguish real from a fake honey

1. Look for consistency

Liquid natural honey may only be for a month after it was harvested. Honey harvest lasts from late July to late September. If the winter you offer liquid honey, it is likely unnatural. High-quality real honey to this point should thicken and begin to crystallize.

2. Check to see if the honey foam

If the surface of the honey foam, it means that it processes of fermentation occur. It begins when the volume of water in honey is more than 20%. This honey is definitely unnatural.

3. smell honey

Natural honey always has a characteristic odor. If the honey does not smell, it was made artificially.

4. Check to see if the honey is stratified

Look carefully at the container of honey, and check whether the mass is homogeneous. If the honey seems to be more dense at the bottom of the banks and thinner on top, in front of you fake. Most likely, the manufacturer has added impurity. Often the bottom cans unscrupulous manufacturers put the mixture of semolina with molasses.

5. Do not pay attention to the color

Color is not an indicator of the quality of honey, he can only talk about his grade. For example, buckwheat honey and cherry usually dark brown hue and Acacia - light. Other varieties of honey may be dark amber, amber, pale yellow or even almost white.