Modern analytical techniques in the assessment of the authenticity of Serbian honey

Arh Hig Rada Toksikol. 2015 Dec;66(4):233-41. doi: 10.1515/aiht-2015-66-2721.

Abstract

Food authenticity in a broader sense means fulfilling chemical and physical criteria prescribed by the proposed legislation. In the case of honey authenticity, two aspects are of major concern: the manufacturing process and the labelling of final products in terms of their geographical and botanical origin. A reliable assessment of honey authenticity has been a longterm preoccupation of chemists-analysts and it usually involves the use of several criteria and chemical markers, as well as a combination of analytical and statistical (chemometric) methods. This paper provides an overview of different criteria and modern methods for the assessment of honey authenticity in the case of a statistically significant number of authentic honey samples of several botanical types from various regions of Serbia.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Food Analysis / methods*
  • Food Contamination / analysis*
  • Food Contamination / prevention & control*
  • Food Industry / standards*
  • Food Labeling / standards*
  • Food Quality
  • Honey / analysis*
  • Honey / standards*
  • Serbia