Breakdown of Honey`

[Haughton Honey]

I once saw on the BKF a breakdown of the contents of your average British honey, compared to what was in refined, white sugar (it listed various amino acids, proteins etc etc).....but now I can't find it!

Can anyone possibly point me in the right direction?

Thanks

 

[Finman]

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Honeys are many.
Here is a Finnish "average?" chemical analysis

http://www.fineli.fi/food.php?foodid=4&lang=en

Honey has no aminoacids because protein content is almost zero, 0,5%

Honey has energy and other nutritients bee gets from pollen.

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[MuswellMetro]

I once saw on the BKF a breakdown of the contents of your average British honey, compared to what was in refined, white sugar (it listed various amino acids, proteins etc etc).....but now I can't find it!

Can anyone possibly point me in the right direction?

Thanks

is this any use, but it is for pollen ,just doing module 2 so had it to hand

http://www.honeybee.com.au/Library/pollen/nutrition.html

 

[dpearce4]

Is this what your looking for?

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2001/loveridge/index-page3.html

Copied from above.

Chemical Composition of Honey

Carbohydrates
Unsurprisingly, these comprise the major portion of honey - about 82%. The carbohydrates present are the monosaccharides fructose (38.2%) and glucose (31%); and disaccharides (~9%) sucrose, maltose, isomaltose, maltulose, turanose and kojibiose. There are also some oligosaccharides present (4.2%), including erlose, theanderose and panose, formed from incomplete breakdown of the higher saccharides present in nectar and honeydew.

Proteins and Amino Acids
Honey contains a number of enzymes, including invertase, which converts sucrose to glucose and fructose; amylase, which breaks starch down into smaller units; glucose oxidase, which converts glucose to gluconolactone, which in turn yields gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide; catalase, which breaks down the peroxide formed by glucose oxidase to water and oxygen; and acid phosphorylase, which removes inorganic phosphate from organic phosphates.
Honey also contains eighteen free amino acids, of which the most abundant is proline.

Vitamins, Minerals and Antioxidants
Honey contains trace amounts of the B vitamins riboflavin, niacin, folic acid, pantothenic acid and vitamin B6. It also contains ascorbic acid (vitamin C), and the minerals calcium, iron, zinc, potassium, phosphorous, magnesium, selenium, chromium and manganese.
The main group of antioxidants in honey are the flavonoids, of which one, pinocembrin, is unique to honey and bee propolis. Ascorbic acid, catalase and selenium are also antioxidants. Generally speaking, the darker the honey, the greater its antioxidising properties.

Other compounds
Honey also contains organic acids such as acetic, butanoic, formic, citric, succinic, lactic, malic, pyroglutamic and gluconic acids, and a number of aromatic acids. The main acid present is gluconic acid, formed in the breakdown of glucose by glucose oxidase. Honey also contains hydroxymethylfurfural, a natural product of the breakdown of simple sugars below pH 5.

 

[Finman]

Is this what your looking for?

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2001/loveridge/index-page3.html

Copied from above.

Chemical Composition of Honey

Carbohydrates
Unsurprisingly, these comprise the major portion of honey - about 82%. The carbohydrates present are the monosaccharides fructose (38.2%) and glucose (31%); and disaccharides (~9%) sucrose, maltose, isomaltose, maltulose, turanose and kojibiose. There are also some oligosaccharides present (4.2%), including erlose, theanderose and panose, formed from incomplete breakdown of the higher saccharides present in nectar and honeydew.

Proteins and Amino Acids
Honey contains a number of enzymes, including invertase, which converts sucrose to glucose and fructose; amylase, which breaks starch down into smaller units; glucose oxidase, which converts glucose to gluconolactone, which in turn yields gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide; catalase, which breaks down the peroxide formed by glucose oxidase to water and oxygen; and acid phosphorylase, which removes inorganic phosphate from organic phosphates.
Honey also contains eighteen free amino acids, of which the most abundant is proline.

Vitamins, Minerals and Antioxidants
Honey contains trace amounts of the B vitamins riboflavin, niacin, folic acid, pantothenic acid and vitamin B6. It also contains ascorbic acid (vitamin C), and the minerals calcium, iron, zinc, potassium, phosphorous, magnesium, selenium, chromium and manganese.
The main group of antioxidants in honey are the flavonoids, of which one, pinocembrin, is unique to honey and bee propolis. Ascorbic acid, catalase and selenium are also antioxidants. Generally speaking, the darker the honey, the greater its antioxidising properties.

Other compounds
Honey also contains organic acids such as acetic, butanoic, formic, citric, succinic, lactic, malic, pyroglutamic and gluconic acids, and a number of aromatic acids. The main acid present is gluconic acid, formed in the breakdown of glucose by glucose oxidase. Honey also contains hydroxymethylfurfural, a natural product of the breakdown of simple sugars below pH 5.

That is rubbish, or nicely said robaganda.
No grams, no percents, no anything.

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[dpearce4]

That is rubbish, or nicely said robaganda.
No grams, no percents, no anything.

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Haha speak your mind wont you Fin lol

 

[Finman]

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Yeah. As well you may read a telephone catalogue. As usefull.

 

[Haughton Honey]

Thank you for the replies....very useful.

 

[DorsetB]

If you have a look at Wikipedia, and type "sugar" and then "honey" into the search box, you will get a neat little table further down the RH side of the page.