77% of India’s Most Popular Honey Brands Are Impure

Do Popular Honey Brands care about purity or not? It’s told that sugar intake isn’t that good but if you take honey instead, it’s the best known to cure certain ailments. Such as:

• It Soothes cough.
• Nourishes the skin.
• Heals wounds.

However, there are numerous health benefits of honey but not all might have equal amount of aid. But “What makes Honey Organic?”. It’s when honey is raw without adding any toxic chemical to it.

Many popular honey brands out there sell honey and we get a variety of them. But the question is, ‘Which of them is Pure and Impure?’

77% of India’s popular honey brands are impure according to the       research. The CSE (Centre for Science and Environment) is where honey was sent for testing and the findings about certain honey brands were, they aren’t pure. As we all know, honey comes from honey bees but the results turned out shocking as there were antibiotics and also many brands who were using sugar syrups which are derived from sugarcane, corn etc. The CSE chief Sunita Narain said “We must start learning the taste, smell and color of the honey.

Ways to See if the Honey You Bought is Pure or Adulterated

Some ways to find out if honey is pure or adulterated are as follows:

• Stickiness: Pure honey won’t be sticky as there are no added preservatives.
• Thickness: Honey will have its consistency.
• Taste: In impure honey the sweetness remains because of added sugars where as in pure honey the taste will get altered.
• Dissolving Method: Adulterated honey will dissolve in the water while pure honey will settle at the bottom of the glass.

The reason to which Indian brands of honey are impure is due to the quantity which becomes more important than quality.

‘FSSAI’ one of the inspiring trust, assuring safe and nutritious food have stated that, ‘‘Honey sold as such shall not have added to any food ingredient, including food additives, nor shall any other additions be made other than honey.”

Before buying a honey bottle from any store, we need to be cautious by checking:

• The label
• Instructions
• Expiry date
• Addition of artificial sugar

After all we consumers need to be aware of certain defaulters and help in saving the market from harmful toxins added in pure honey and take proper charge of it for a better and healthier future.