The Quality of Romanian Honey Varieties - mineral content and textural properties
Abstract
The viscosity, flow behaviour index, consistency index and mineral content of several honey varieties were measured for four consecutive years (2009-2011). Potassium concentration had the most impressive variation from 532 mg/kg in 2009 for the sunflower honey variety to 112,5mg/kg in 2010 for the rapeseed plant honey. Strontium concentrations were less than 0.3 mg/kg, however further investigation is needed in order to certify these findings. We have suggested that honey viscosity and its variation with temperature may be a relevant quality parameter due especially to consumers’ preference for high viscosity honey varieties. Â
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