Honey is currently one of the foodstuffs with the highest risk of fraud, especially favoured by the globalisation. The adulteration of honey causes unfair competition and significant economic losses for the beekeeping sector. It needs to be more competitive in a market increasingly threatened by massive imports from countries outside de European Union (EU) sometimes of dubious quality. In this context, guaranteeing the authenticity of honey, both in terms of botanical and geographical origin and adulteration by the addition of syrups, is a matter of great concern in the EU and, more specifically in Spain as its biggest producer. In this sense, Spanish authorities are feeling the need of putting in value honey harvested in this country. This situation promoted a collaboration agreement between the