Generally speaking, bees will collect plant nectar within a 5-kilometer radius of the beehive. If there are large-area crops within this range, such as rape, sophora, linden, jujube, etc., then It can form relatively simple rapeseed honey, locust honey, linden honey, date honey, buckwheat honey, etc.

Some flowers bloom without honey, and although some flowers bloom with honey, they cannot produce a large amount of commercial honey. Therefore, it is more reliable to buy products that can generally form bulk commodity honey.

It is safest to buy the following honey: rape, locust flower, linden, date flower, longan, lychee, citrus, milkvetch, sunflower, buckwheat.

Some honey is compound honey juice, with corresponding plant products added, such as ginkgo honey, aloe vera honey, ginseng honey, etc.

Some honey is real honey but has a nice name, such as snow cream honey. What kind of plant is "ice cream"? Who has heard of it? Actually it is wild rice.

Be sure to read the labels of honey products carefully before buying!

Look at the names and don’t buy those called honey juice, honey paste, or honey dew. These are all added with other substances, such as fructose, glucose, bifidus factor, etc. These are not pure honey. It should be called honey products; of course, if what you want to buy is one with certain health care ingredients added and special effects, it is a different matter, such as ginkgo honey juice, acanthopanax honey paste, etc.;

Second, look at the ingredient list. There should be only a certain type of honey on the ingredient list, such as linden honey, rape honey, etc.; or a mixture of two or three types of honey

Third, look at the implementation standards. It says " "Complying with the requirements of GB18796" is better than "complying with the mandatory requirements of GB18796";

Fourth look at the grade, "first-class product" is thicker than "second-class product" and contains less water, so it will be more expensive Some, but this can be concentrated during processing, so this is not a criterion for evaluating quality.

One more thing, don’t buy it if it’s too cheap. I saw a honey in the supermarket a few days ago. 2000g of linden tree honey only sold for over 19 yuan, and it was written as a first-class product. Anyway, I don’t dare to buy it, I can’t even get a copy out! The purchase price of linden tree honey is about 12 to 15 yuan/kg, and good quality is even more expensive.

In addition, our country divides honey into three and four grades based on the nectar source flower species, color, aroma, concentration, and physical and chemical properties of honey. This grade is formulated based on export standards and is also the basis for manufacturers to purchase honey from beekeepers. standard.

First-class honey:

Honey source flower species: lychee, citrus, linden, sophora flower, milkvetch, vitex flower, etc.

Color: water white, white, light amber.

State: transparent, viscous liquid or crystal.

Taste: Sweet and nutritious, with the unique floral aroma of nectar plants.

Second-class honey:

Honey flower species: rape, jujube, sunflower, cotton, etc.

Color: yellow, light amber, amber.

State: transparent, viscous liquid or crystal.

Taste: sweet taste, with the unique fragrance of nectar plants.

Third-class honey:

Honey flower species: Chinese tallow tree, etc.

Color: yellow, light amber, dark amber.

State: transparent or translucent viscous liquid or crystal.

Taste: sweet taste, no peculiar smell.

External honey:

Honey flower species: buckwheat, eucalyptus, etc.

Color: Dark amber, dark brown.

Status: translucent viscous liquid or crystal, turbid.

Taste: Sweet and pungent.

Note: When lower-grade honey is mixed with the same honey, it shall be regarded as lower-grade honey.

If the old honey extraction method (such as pressing method, pot boiling method, etc.) is used to extract honey, and the honey liquid is turbid and opaque, has a darker color, and has a pungent smell, it can be used as high-grade honey.

In addition to the above three levels, honey can be divided into four levels, namely first-level honey, second-level honey, third-level honey, and fourth-level honey. The classification is mainly based on the moisture content of honey. Level 4 honey is difficult to preserve and is prone to fermentation and deterioration.

Grades according to concentration

First-grade Baume degree (20℃) is above 42 degrees, with a water content of 19;

Second-grade Baume degree (20℃ ) 41 degrees, moisture content 21;

Level 3 Baume (20°C) 40 degrees, water content 23;

Level 4 Baume (20°C) 39 degrees, Moisture content 25.

"Hulin" brand linden honey is a well-known product produced by Ludu Bee Industry in Hulin City, a famous trademark in Heilongjiang Province, with a green food logo, 100 linden honey, pure natural wild honey source in the Northeast Forest It is pollution-free. There is an online store address in my Baidu space, as well as various little knowledge about honey. If you are interested, you can check it out!