Composition of stingless bee honey: setting quality standards

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2006

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Interciencia

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Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) Honey Pollen Analysis Quality Criteria Stingless Bee Honey

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Bee Aculeata Apoidea

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Bruno A. Souza et al., « Composition of stingless bee honey: setting quality standards », Interciencia, ID : 10670/1.742a90...

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Compositional data from 152 stingless bee (Meliponini) honeysamples were compiled from studies since 1964, and evaluatedto propose a quality standard for this product. Since stinglessbee honey has a different composition than Apis mellifera honey,some physicochemical parameters are presented according tostingless bee species. The entomological origin of the honey wasknown for 17 species of Meliponini from Brazil, one from CostaRica, six from Mexico, 27 from Panama, one from Surinam,two from Trinidad & Tobago, and seven from Venezuela, mostfrom the genus Melipona. The results varied as follows: moisture(19.9-41.9g/100g), pH (3.15-4.66), free acidity (5.9-109.0meq/Kg), ash (0.01-1.18g/100g), diastase activity (0.9-23.0DN), electricalconductivity (0.49-8.77mS/cm), HMF (0.4-78.4mg/Kg), invertaseactivity (19.8-90.1IU), nitrogen (14.34-144.00mg/100g),reducing sugars (58.0-75.7g/100g) and sucrose (1.1-4.8g/100g).Moisture content of stingless bee honey is generally higher than

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