Characterization of Indonesia wild honey and its potential for authentication and origin distinction

Abstract

Honey is a natural food derived from flowers nectar that has many health benefits. This reason made honey become one of category food product that has a risk to be adulterated because of economically motivation. This study was conducted for characterization and authentication of Indonesia wild honey (IWH) collected from seven geographical regions (Sumatra, Bangka Belitung, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, West Nusa Tenggara, and East Nusa Tenggara) and harvested during 2016–2018 based on physicochemical parameters, sugar content, minerals, and antioxidant components. The study showed that the result differs widely among the type of honey. IWH has a moisture content between 16.52- 33.41%, a pH value between 3.00 to 4.65 and color characteristic ranged from pale yellow to dark brown. All samples contain the highest amount in potassium, but several minerals found in the specific region. Evaluation of authenticity from sugar content data set by principal component analysis (PCA) and Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) revealed that the authentic and adulterated honey samples could be differentiated with a 95.5% accuracy. The honey samples were classified on their botanical and geographical origin using the antioxidant properties, and results of PCA and LDA demonstrated that the antioxidant parameters can provide adequate information to allow classification of the various types of IWH samples collected from different geographical regions with accuracy 80-100% for Bangka Belitung, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara and Java island

A Review on Ultra- and Nanofiltration/Diafiltration Processes of the Food-Oriented Agro-industrial

“…These bees sucked nectar from flowers and stored it in the beehive attached to trees. Forest honey was produced in almost every province in Indonesia, where they were often collected and labeled based on their geographical origins, such as Tesso Nilo (Riau), Gunung Kerinci National Park (Jambi, Sumatera), Pelawan Tourism Forest, Namang in Bangka Tengah and Belitung Island (Bangka Belitung), Ujung Kulon National Park and Panaitan Island (Banten), Odeng honey (West Java), Sumbawa Sub District (West Nusa Tenggara), Muntis Mountain Conservation (South Central Timor) and Maumere (Flores Timor, East Nusa Tenggara), Sentarum Lake National Park (Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan), and Tulak Tallu village (North Luwu, South Sulawesi) [30].…”

Yeast Diversity in Honey Produced by Wild Honeybees at Different Elevations

“…Microorganisms found in the honeybee's environment, including bees, hives, pollen, flowers, and soil, are likely reflected in the honey they produce. While the physicochemical characteristics of wild or forest honeybee honey in Indonesia have been explored elsewhere [13][14][15] , there is a notable gap in our understanding concerning yeast abundance in such honey, mainly when produced by honeybees residing at varying altitudes. Hence, the main aim of this research was to explore the presence of yeast in wild honey gathered across different altitudes.…”

The Influence of Ph on Green Synthesis of Honey-Mediated Silver Nanoparticles

“…Honey is one of natural products that attract many researchers interest for green synthesis of AgNPs because of its high glucose content as reducing agent and contain polyphenol as a capping agent [5]- [7]. Philip was firstly reported his finding about utilization of honey as reducing and chelating agent for preparation of AgNPs [8].…”

“…The green synthesis method was selected to produce AgNPs because of using safer solvents, minimizing dangerous reagents, and providing benign response conditions suitable for medical applications. In this study, AgNPs were prepared by a green synthesis approach using Indonesian wild honey with a wider pH range (5,8,11). Based on visual observation, UV-Vis spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) data, increasing pH leads to faster formation of AgNPs and smaller particle size of AgNPs.…”