Winnie the Pooh from the animated film loved by many could not live without honey. Of course, we can do without it ductile-flavored product. But will our lives from this healthy? After all, honey - a unique product that vitamins, minerals and nourishes the body and cure all kinds of illnesses, ranging from sore throats and bronchitis ending. And what delicious cakes and desserts can be cooked out of it! But, of course, only under the condition that the proper honey selected. Because counterfeits of this product on the market can meet a lot of.
The honey was added and the tea, and sucrose, and starch, and molasses, and even sand. And some beekeepers to accelerate the profit from the sale of honey bees pokarmlivayut sugar or sugar syrup. Insects processed sweet as nectar, and as a result the beekeeper gets the honey without any particular worries, which is absolutely useless for health. How to distinguish between a real and useful honey from a fake? There are several ways in which gladly tell Editorial Kolobok.ua.
The method №1. The experiment with water. Pour into a glass of water 1 tablespoon of honey, stir. Honey should be dissolved, and the impurities, if any, will remain on the bottom of the glass.
Method №2. The rotation of the spoon. Take a spoon and rapidly rotate it in a jar of honey. In this case, a real honey will be wound on a spoon like a ribbon, but in no case do not run down.
Method №3. The chemical reaction with vinegar. Take a glass of water, pour 1 tablespoon of honey and stir until completely dissolved. Then add 0.5 tsp vinegar. If the liquid foam, then into the honey added chalk.
Method №4. The chemical reaction with iodine. Again honey were dissolved in water (as described in the previous method), then add a few drops of iodine. If starch is present in honey addition, the solution turns blue.
Method №5. Old.Our mothers and grandmothers quite successfully tested the quality of honey by means of blotting paper. If you drop it a little honey, wait a few minutes, you can see the back of the "blotter" wet spot. This means that honey is a fake.
Method №6. honey fire. If you are offered to buy the ridiculous price crystallized honey, do not rush - the crystallization has not yet Quality. This honey can also be checked: it is enough to take a slice of honey... and set fire to it. If the honey be spread, it's real. If it starts to crack and foam - a fake.
And do not forget to learn, 6 which additives to tea is not only a variety of flavors of your favorite drink, but also to make it an order of magnitude more useful.
