How do we know if the HONEY is pure or fake?

yes, honey does crystalize, but warming it will change it back, this is normal however, you might not have liked the taste because of the flowers it was taken from for example, if they use certain pollens, it can even be poisonious.

I am a Canadian Beekeeper. I've been extracting Honey from my beehives for 30 years. Its very difficult to know if the Honey is Pure in the store. Looking on the label is not always the best way. Usually the beekeeper who extracted the honey is proud of his product and will not dilute it with water or sugar. If you read the label in the store look for the name of the beekeeper who made the honey. The Packing Companies who buy honey from the beekeeper are just business men who do not care about quality. They will pasteurize the honey and add 5% water to make it sparkle in the glass. Never buy honey in a Bottle with the Brand Name of a Packing Company. Always look for honey from a local beekeeper. All natural Honey will Granulate. Just warm it up until it melts, and it will be as good as new honey. The color of the honey is different depending on the flowers its collected from. Usually honey from trees is darker than honey from Flowering Plants. The lighter the color of the honey, the milder the flavor. Honey is called," The Nectar of the Gods!"

I also buy honey and I always buy Raw Honey. This kind of honey doesn't have any additives and has a longer shelf life even without refrigeration. The honey you bought is a popular and commercial honey from the USA because I can see that in supermarkets. I have not use that one so I can't really say if its fake or not. The one I am using right now is locally been made here.

I do not know if this would apply to all settings but one time a guy told me that to check if the honey is really pure is to dip a matchstick into the honey and strike it on a match. If the matchstick will ignite, then you will know that the honey is really pure and free from any additives including sugar or water.

There are a few things you can do to test the purity of the honey. The first thing you should do is check the label for ingredients. Additives may already be mentioned which could give you a clear idea itself. The second is the dissolving test. Just take a teaspoon of honey & put it in a glass of water & wait for minute. Impure honey will dissolve itself into it but pure honey will stick together & stay as a lump in the bottom of the glass. The most common additive to honey is jaggery which dissolves easily in water. Alternatively you could also take a blotting paper & pour a few drops on it. If it does get absorbed then the honey would be impure. I hope these help you out. I understand that these two tests can be undertaken only once the bottle is opened & not before. Maybe this will help you in whether you should be buying the same brand again or not.

i believe that the moment honey starts crystallizing, it's fake. but what i'm sure of is my father would brag about the pure honey he used to take in uae. he says it is different from the ones here since it is pure. and it is expensive. he also said that the darker the color the closest it is in purity.

identifying pure or fake honey is really difficult for mist people. but since i grew up in a place where lots of bee hives are around, i got the privilege to identify it's true taste and appearance.these are the steps: get one glass of water and put a small amount of honey in it. if it dissolves then its a fake.pure honey just stick together as a lump and settle down at the bottom of the glass.Another one is pour a little bit of honey on a white cloth, then wash the cloth. If there is any stain left by the honey, it is probably not pure.i hope these help.

I don't know about where you live, but here we have strict regulations on what they can label the bottle. If it says 100% pure honey on the bottle then thats what has to be in the bottle. To answer your question... honey does crystallize like that. We often keep our honey for years as we do not eat it often. It does that. Especially the creamed honey. It crystallizes very fast. We have a Canadian company that sells honey in bear shaped containers.I actually have one in my cupboard right now which has crystalized. You should be able to reliquify it by soaking it in very hot water. If you go to the website they claim that all their products are 100% pure Canadian Honey. http://www.beemaid.com/products I found a website that tells you how to test the honey. 1. You pour a little bit in a glass of water. -if it dissolves it is fake -if it stays clumped together and falls to the bottom it is pure 2. Pour honey onto a paper towel -if it is absorbed then it is fake -if it is pure it will remain sticky and on the surface

In fact , verry simple, because my father is a beekeeper, so I know you concern. those honey sell in store from honey processing factory are all mixed other things, besides sugar, pure sugar water produce little bubble, but pure honey will produce bubble, especially at a high tempeature envirment comparately. Normally, honey processing factory will buy honey from beekeeper, then mix some component and sell. they also afraid beekeeper sell fake or unpure honey to them, they check the density use a density-meter. of course, they have many experences about honey, basically, they can know the pure or unpure only per color, smell.

Apparently, pure honey will never grow mould or go off, due to its high natural sugar content. It does crystallise, but warming it will return it to normality. I prefer creamed honey - it somehow seems less sickly than ordinary honey (no logic in this!) and there are definitely different flavours and qualities, depending on where the bees are from and their diet.

My schoolmate earned her degree in Entomology, the study of insects. I asked her about the things to know about honey before buying a jar of it. She said, pure honey has no sediments in the bottom of the jar or bottle when stored. The color is hazy honey glaze that when it sticks to light colored or white clothes it doesn't leave a trace of stain when rinsed off with water. It doesn't create a granule particles on the rim of the jar.

It's natural for honey to crystallize like that after it's been stored awhile, I would only be concerned if it didn't. You just set the container in very warm water for awhile and it goes back to syrup.

Pure honey does not crystallize when placed inside the fridge. you can try shaking the bottle, pure honey normally "fizzle", creating small bublles like when you try shaking a soda bottle

we have been buying honey from markets for a long time now here. my husband would do this one test that he learned from his grandpa, i dont know if its really true or not. he will dip a match in the honey, and then while the match is still wet and dripping with honey, he will scratch it to the matchbox, the matchstick dipped in honey should light a fire, if it's not, then it is fake, added with water and sugar. this kind of test i have heard from other people too. and there is also this test that he's saying, if a honey attracted ants, then its fake and not pure -- this i dont know... lol. what i know is that if its sweet, ants will definitely go to it. be careful though with honey, babies below 1 year old should not be given honey even in very very small amounts, as it would kill the baby. better yet, dont give honey to kids, just to be safe.

to see diffenent colors as a result of bee and honey are not the same color. Generally speaking, dark-colored honey contains minerals rich than the light-colored honey. If you would like to add trace elements, can be an appropriate choice of a dark-colored honey, such as jujube nectar. good quality honey, delicate texture, bright colors; the poor quality of the honey is usually turbid, and gloss differential.

I've never noticed a change in taste in any of the honey I've eaten. I guess I just like it all.

My grandma told me once that to check if the honey is pure or not take little hone in spoon and one drop in glass filled of water if it spread rapidly then it is not pure. The cheaters here in my city added Castor Oil and sugar in honey.

Unfortunately, there is no sure way of finding if a honey is fake or not when you buy it. The best thing to do is to have a trusted supplier. I don't like buying branded honey. I prefer having it from a local supplier.

Did you check the ingredients label to see if they added anything to it. I buy my honey locally, right from the person who has the bee hives, and nothing like that has ever happened. Honey is the one thing that should never spoil. no matter how long you have it.

Hi, theresaaiza, just take a drop of your HONEY on the newspaper, the pure honey will be hemispherical, and the fake will be wet the paper. Just take a try.