Acta Alimentaria
Volume/Issue:
Volume 46: Issue 2
Feeding honey-bee colonies (Apis mellifera carnica Poll.) and detection of honey adulteration
Authors:
A. Kandolf Borovšak Slovenian Beekeepers Association, Brdo pri Lukovici 8, SI-1225 Lukovica. Slovenia

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N. Ogrinc Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana. Slovenia

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N. Lilek Slovenian Beekeepers Association, Brdo pri Lukovici 8, SI-1225 Lukovica. Slovenia

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M. Korošec Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana. Slovenia

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Pages:
127–136
Online Publication Date:
Jun 2017
Publication Date:
01 Jun 2017
Article Category:
Journal Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/066.2016.0002
Keywords:
adulteration detection; honey; honey-bee feeding; foreign enzymes; stable isotopes
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Honey is a valued substance that has excellent nutritional value. However, it is a vulnerable product, with the possibility of adulteration at each stage of its production and processing, in terms of direct and indirect adulteration. The objective of this study was to determine whether feeding of honey-bee colonies with honey-bee candy results in honey adulteration. The physicochemical properties of honey samples were determined, and the ability to discriminate between authentic and adulterated honey was studied. The physicochemical properties evaluated were water and hydroxymethylfurfural content, electrical conductivity, pH value, acidity, foreign enzymes, and stable isotopes. Sensory and melissopalynological analysis were also performed on 39 honey samples. β-fructofuranosidase activity, δ13C (honey), difference between the δ13C of the honey and of its protein (i.e. Δδ13C) were identified as the most important to discriminate between authentic and adulterated honey samples. The results of the study indicate that honey-bee feeding practices might have an influence on honey and its adulteration.

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Print ISSN:
0139-3006
Online ISSN:
1588-2535

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Editor(s)-in-Chief: András SALGÓ, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

Co-ordinating Editor(s) Marianna TÓTH-MARKUS, Budapest, Hungary

Co-editor(s): Anna HALÁSZ, Budapest, Hungary

       Editorial Board

  • László ABRANKÓ (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Budapest, Hungary)
  • Tamás ANTAL (University of Nyíregyháza, Nyíregyháza, Hungary)
  • Diána BÁNÁTI (University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary)
  • József BARANYI (Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK)
  • Ildikó BATA-VIDÁCS (Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eger, Hungary)
  • Ferenc BÉKÉS (FBFD PTY LTD, Sydney, NSW Australia)
  • György BIRÓ (Budapest, Hungary)
  • Anna Blázovics (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
  • Francesco CAPOZZI (University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy)
  • Marina CARCEA (Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics Rome, Italy)
  • Zsuzsanna CSERHALMI (Budapest, Hungary)
  • Marco DALLA ROSA (University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy)
  • István DALMANDI (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Budapest, Hungary)
  • Katarina DEMNEROVA (University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic)
  • Mária DOBOZI KING (Texas A&M University, Texas, USA)
  • Muying DU (Southwest University in Chongqing, Chongqing, China)
  • Sedef Nehir EL (Ege University, Izmir, Turkey)
  • Søren Balling ENGELSEN (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • Éva GELENCSÉR (Budapest, Hungary)
  • Vicente Manuel GÓMEZ-LÓPEZ (Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia, Spain)
  • Jovica HARDI (University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia)
  • Hongju HE (Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, China)
  • Károly HÉBERGER (Research Centre for Natural Sciences, ELKH, Budapest, Hungary)
  • Nebojsa Ilić (University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia)
  • Dietrich Knorr, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • Hamit Köksel, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
  • Katia Liburdi, Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy
  • Meinolf Lindhauer, Max Rubner Institute, Detmold, Germany
  • Min-Tze Liong, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
  • Marena Manley, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Miklós Mézes, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő, Hungary
  • Áron Németh, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
  • Perry Ng, Michigan State University,  Michigan, USA
  • Quang Duc Nguyen, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
  • Laura Nyström, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
  • Lola Perez, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
  • Vieno Piironen, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • Alessandra Pino, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
  • Mojmir Rychtera, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Katharina Scherf, Technical University, Munich, Germany
  • Regine Schönlechner, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
  • Arun Kumar Sharma, Department of Atomic Energy, Delhi, India
  • András Szarka, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
  • Mária Szeitzné Szabó, Budapest, Hungary
  • Sándor Tömösközi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
  • László Varga, Széchenyi István University, Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary
  • Rimantas Venskutonis, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
  • Barbara Wróblewska, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences Olsztyn, Poland

 

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Acta Alimentaria
Language English
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Foundation		 1972
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Founder Magyar Tudományos Akadémia    
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