How to buy pure honey from the adulterated ones

How to buy pure honey from the adulterated ones

Here are a few simple tests you can do at home to check if your honey is pure or impure:

Read the label

The first thing you should do before buying a jar of honey is read the label and check that the ingredient list doesn’t contain ‘high-fructose corn syrup’ or commercial glucose. These two additives that are frequently used to ‘stretch’ the honey and keep it from solidifying.

Solidification of the honey

All honey is liquid, but with time they tend to solidify, or ‘crystallize’ into a substance resembling grains of sugar. If you buy a jar of honey that is already crystallized, it is pure. If your honey is liquid, you can wait a few days to see if it solidifies or throw it in the fridge to accelerate the process. If the honey never crystallizes, there is a high probability that it is adulterated honey.