2018
DOI: 10.1177/0967033518805254
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A chemometric approach for moisture control in stingless bee honey using near infrared spectroscopy

Abstract: Honey is a product that is often adulterated by the addition of water. Stingless bee honey naturally has a higher moisture content than that produced by the traditional Apis mellifera. In most countries, there is a lack of quality standards and methods to characterise and assure the authenticity of stingless bee honey, which demands for the development of fast methods to assess its main properties, avoiding potential fraud. Thus, this work aimed to develop a non-destructive moisture determination method for st… Show more

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“…Honey is a natural food that may be used not only as a sweetener but also as a medication because of its therapeutic effects on human health. Flower honey is the most prevalent kind of honey, and it is made by honeybees ( Apis Mellifera L.) from the nectar of various types of flowers, depending on the geographical region and season, while stingless bee honey is made from the nectar of trees and is a naturally higher moisture content [ 1 ]. Other compounds are often added to commercially sold honey for nutrition and medical purposes, and some are added to spoof the pure honey.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Honey is a natural food that may be used not only as a sweetener but also as a medication because of its therapeutic effects on human health. Flower honey is the most prevalent kind of honey, and it is made by honeybees ( Apis Mellifera L.) from the nectar of various types of flowers, depending on the geographical region and season, while stingless bee honey is made from the nectar of trees and is a naturally higher moisture content [ 1 ]. Other compounds are often added to commercially sold honey for nutrition and medical purposes, and some are added to spoof the pure honey.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It’s worth noting that strategies for proving the authenticity of products are always evolving in response to these increasingly widespread behaviors [ 3 ]. Recently, several spectroscopy methods, such as Raman spectroscopy [ 6 ], NIR spectroscopy on Apis mellifera [ 7 , 8 , 9 ], and stingless bee honey [ 1 , 9 ] were conducted to determine the adulteration. The combination of NIR spectroscopy application and chemometric methods [ 10 , 11 ] shows a simple, rapid, and nondestructive method on adulterated honey.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%