How to distinguish real honey from fake honey

Wild honey is honey that bees make naturally, without any human intervention in the honey making process. However, this honey is extremely rare. Therefore, you need to be wary of advertisements that say wild honey, because it could be fake.

Farmed honey is honey from bees raised by humans, and is very popular today. Most of the honey is harvested during the flowering season and has nutritional value but is not as good as wild honey.

Fake honey is made from sugar and some other additives and flavorings.

Fake honey is basically non-toxic. However, because the main ingredient is sugar, using too much of it for a long time is not good for your health. Fake honey cannot have the same properties as natural honey, specifically antibacterial properties.

You can distinguish between real and fake in two ways:

Method 1: Use a piece of paper, preferably waterproof paper, and drop a large drop of honey on it. Then place the paper with honey in an area where there are ants to see the reaction. If ants flock to it, it is fake honey. If ants do not dare to enter, it is real honey because the ingredients of real honey are similar to natural antibiotics, so ants are very afraid.

Method 2: Take a bowl of cold water, dip one end of the straw into honey, then drop honey into the bowl of water. Real honey will not dissolve in water, while fake honey is made from sugar so it will gradually dissolve and dilute into water. When taking honey, be careful to take a little and drop it into water. If you take a lot of honey, it will not dissolve in water in time and it will be difficult to detect real from fake.

Honey is considered a superfood, rich in nutritional value and beneficial for health. Regular use of honey is very good for the body, but should not be used too much, only about 5 ml/day for healthy people.