Honey bee: a consumer’s point of view

Závodná, Lucie Sára; Pospíšil, Jan

doi:10.1515/environ-2016-0015

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“…Both of these factors, as proven in studies [ 53 , 54 , 55 ], can significantly modify dietary preferences and behavior. Several studies have also found that health-promoting properties are an important motivation for the consumption of honey and other bee products [ 56 , 57 , 58 ].…”

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Determinants of Honey and Other Bee Products Use for Culinary, Cosmetic, and Medical Purposes

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Bee products have been used for centuries for culinary, medicinal, and cosmetic purposes, and their properties are still a subject of research, which provide new arguments in favour of their use. The research aimed to determine the current state of use of bee products by Polish consumers and determine the ways and conditions of their use, with particular reference to the level of nutritional knowledge and health status. The survey was conducted using the CAWI (Computer-Assisted Web Interview) method on 487 respondents. It was found that honey is used mainly for culinary purposes and, to a lesser extent, for medicinal and cosmetic purposes. Other bee products are much less commonly used than honey—mainly beeswax and royal jelly for cosmetic purposes and propolis and bee pollen for medicinal purposes. Segments distinguished by the frequency of use of honey for particular purposes were differentiated by gender, age, income level, use of other bee products, and motivation to use them. Their differences were also found in terms of the level of nutritional knowledge and self-assessed health status—the highest ratings in both categories were indicated by representatives of the Honey users’ segment, which consisted of people who use honey most frequently for cooking, cosmetic and medicinal purposes. Regression analysis additionally showed that higher levels of nutritional knowledge and better health status were associated with the use of honey to treat gastrointestinal ailments and with the use of propolis for medicinal purposes.

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“…This cross-sectional analysis used 12 years (2007–2018) of data from the NHANES ( 25 ). Since 1999, the CDC has continuously conducted this ongoing, population-based survey, which employs a complex, stratified, multistage probability sample design to create a representative sample of the noninstitutionalized, civilian US population ( 20 ). Each survey consists of questionnaires (e.g., sociodemographic, physical activity, sedentary levels, supplement use, etc.)…”

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“…We will examine the effects of the dietary swaps as part of honey-food pairing recipes on MSDP adherence. Honey is a primary sweetener of the Mediterranean region ( 20 ), with components and mechanisms relevant for health promotion via anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory effects ( 21–23 ). As such, identification of honey-food pairing recipes represents a novel strategy to make the substitutions more palatable ( 24 ) and, in turn, achieve greater widespread MSDP adherence.…”

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Substitution Modeling Shows Simple Dietary Changes Increase Mediterranean-Style Diet Pattern Scores for US Adults

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2022

Current Developments in Nutrition

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Background The Mediterranean-style diet pattern (MSDP) is a recommended dietary pattern in the 2020–25 United States Dietary Guidelines. Few studies report wide-spread adherence to the diet which suggests Americans may benefit from strategies to help them improve alignment to a MSDP. Objectives The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of isocaloric food substitutions on adherence to the MSDP in U.S. adults. Methods Using data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007–2018), alignment to a MSDP was determined by calculation of a Mediterranean diet scoring index appropriate for non-Mediterranean populations (0–100 points for the total score; higher scores = greater adherence). The sample was divided into two groups: high-adherence group (HA) vs. non-high adherence group (nHA) to determine differentiating food groups to be used for isocaloric food substitution modeling. Substitution modeling via multiple regression analyses determined food selections that have the greatest impact on MSDP score. Honey was added to the substitutions in recipe form and evaluated for impact on MSDP score. Results The study consisted of 19,978 adults, ages 25–66 with complete dietary data. The nHA had a lower mean total MSDP score (7.10 ± 0.04 points) compared to the HA (16.45 ± 0.09 points). Increasing olive oil from non-use to partial use had the greatest impact (∼ +2 points) for both groups. total MSDP over two points for both groups. Other isocaloric substitutions also improved adherence, albeit to a lesser degree: 1 oz. of whole grain for 1 oz. refined grain, 4 oz of fish for 4 oz of red meat, 4.9 cups of kale for 0.7 cups of starchy/root vegetables. Improved MSDP scores sustained when honey was added to the substitutions. Conclusions Simple dietary substitutions can help a diet more closely align with a Mediterranean-style dietary pattern. Honey added to the simple substitutions may increase palatability without sacrificing nutritional benefit.

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“…The goals of the studies varied around the characterization of the profile of honey consumers, including the reasons that lead them to purchase and consume honey (Pocol & Bolboacã, 2013), perceptions about the market price (Roman, Popiela-Pleban & Kozak, 2013), analysis of the socioeconomic effects on the pattern of honey consumption (Pocol, 2011), among others. The quantitative method was the predominant, including the use of questionnaires, the majority ( 17) with face-toface interviews (Cosmina et al, 2016;Schifani, Romeo, Guccione, Schimmenti, Columba & Migliore, 2016;Zavodna & Pospisil, 2016), online questionnaires (Jensen & Mørkbak. 2013;Wu, Fooks, Messer & Delaney, 2015) and a study that sought to relate production/import to exports to define variation in honey consumption (Horguelin, 1958)…”

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Consumo de miel: análisis bibliométrico y revisión sistemática

2021

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Honey is the most widespread bee product in the world. Consumption-centered research supports the honey market, subsidizing marketing strategies focused on consumer’s profile. The present manuscript was aimed at providing a bibliometric analysis and a systematic review of scientific production on honey consumption. The data comprise periodical articles indexed in the Web of Science - Clarivate Analytics, processed in the VOSviewer software. A total of 472 articles with the radicals honey* consum* in the bibliometric analysis were identified. The manuscripts come from 68 countries, published between 1958 and 2018, with the largest number of publications in 2016 (52). Of the 472 articles initially retrieved, the reading of titles and abstracts revealed 22 specific papers about honey consumption. These articles comprise 14 countries. Their objectives included: to characterize the profile of the consumers, reasons that lead to the purchase and consumption of honey, perceptions about the market price, socioeconomic effects on the consumption pattern, among other aspects. However, the low number of articles identified in the systematic review reveals a gap still present in the literature on honey consumption. Despite the large number of articles originally identified at WoS database, the systematic revision revealed out the scarcity of publications directly dealing with honey consumption in their objectives, the number of which has been increasing from 2006 onwards. The results also showed that most research on honey consumption were based on quantitative methods, especially the use of face-to-face interview for data collection, which reveals a potential for further studies focused on these approaches. Poland and the United States stood out with the major countries with articles on honey consumption, although the lack of such studies for countries with large honey production (such as China, Iran and Turkey). Finally, regarding to the country of origin of the authors, a low internationalization of scientific literature on this research issue was also observed.

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Honey bee: a consumer’s point of view

Cited by 9 publications

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Determinants of Honey and Other Bee Products Use for Culinary, Cosmetic, and Medical Purposes

Determinants of Honey and Other Bee Products Use for Culinary, Cosmetic, and Medical Purposes

Substitution Modeling Shows Simple Dietary Changes Increase Mediterranean-Style Diet Pattern Scores for US Adults

Consumo de miel: análisis bibliométrico y revisión sistemática

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