PRODUCTOS CON ALTO CONTENIDO DE MIEL, COMO OPCION PARA INCREMENTAR SU USO EN YUCATÁN

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"The agricultural sector contributes significantly to GDP and foreign exchange earnings to the country, besides being one of the largest employers of people. At the national ambit, bee has great economic and social importance, since it is the second source of foreign exchange in the livestock sector through the export of honey to the European market. Also, beekeeping is the activity that best distributes wealth in the Yucatan area, which has about 10.153 beekeepers of peasant origin. A situation that favors the international market is that some of the Yucatan honey is the move back to China and Argentina honey, and the incorporation of new countries like India and Brazil. Similarly, some countries, like France, are investing in beekeeping programs in Asian countries, in order to increase honey production. All this taken together represents a threat to the international price of Yucatan honey. For these reasons there is a need to protect beekeeping in the state of Yucatan, and start promoting the consumption of honey and the processing and export products that add value to honey, so that they can diversify markets for honey and more revenue. Honey has several useful properties, among the most important are: energizing action on the organism, sedative, emollient, antiseptic (disinfectant) at digestive, renal and urinary, digestive and laxative properties, antitussive properties (relief cough), anti-anemic properties and diuretic. One way to improve marketing systems of bee products is diversified by adding value to them, which promotes agribusiness by incorporating the bee products in cosmetics, alternative medicine and food. Regarding the development of products to provide added value beekeeping products, is important to consider the importance of honey as food and as a possible ingredient in cosmetic products with added value and economic importance of marketing and export of industrial products rather than bulk honey which generates lower sales prices and lower income for beekeepers. The development of value-added products is without doubt one of the best ways to increase domestic consumption of honey (without neglecting exports) and at the same time to increase the income of the families of beekeepers engaged in this activity. The project aims to develop products incorporating value bee products, obtaining products that are placed on the market segment of cosmetics. The project is to standardize the formula and process for the manufacture of products containing honey as a main ingredient and to assess its stability and shelf life. The products are: a) shampoo with honey, b) bar soap with honey."