PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THREE HONEYS AFTER HOT STORAGE

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Science, Suez Canal University. AI-Arish, Egypt

2 Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Egypt.

Abstract

When three honeys were stored at 50°C, darkening was not accompanied by
tangible changes in total nitrogen content and there were only comparatively small
changes in total acidity. During storage two honeys showed a considerable decrease
in pH, and one showed comparatively small change.
Addition of sulphite decreased colour darkening. Ascorbic acid had little
effect on changes in honey colour during storage.