Chemistry and Technology of Honey Production

• Main Author: Baglio, Ettore (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Chemistry of Foods,
• Subjects: Food-Biotechnology.; Nutrition .; Biochemistry.; Analytical chemistry.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Food Science.; Nutrition.; Biochemistry, general.; Analytical Chemistry.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.

This Brief explains and discusses honey and its production from a chemical perspective. It outlines why honey is a special and unique food, being produced by bees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants. Although glucose and fructose are the main constituents of honey,...