Brilio.net - Since ancient times, honey has been known as a food rich in health benefits. In addition to its sweet taste, honey also contains antioxidants and other good nutrients. No wonder, honey is recommended to be consumed every day.
Honey is usually available in various sizes and can be purchased online or offline. However, because it is in high demand, there are quite a few unscrupulous sellers who cheat. Instead of selling pure honey, they deliberately mix real honey with other ingredients such as water or sugar.
In fact, by mixing honey, its nutritional content can be damaged. Not to mention, the resulting sweetness is not as delicious as real honey.
In order not to be fooled, it is important to know the characteristics of real and fake honey.
To find out whether honey is real or fake, some people usually dissolve it in water. Because of its solid texture, real honey will settle and clump at the bottom of the glass. While adulterated honey will dissolve in water.
In addition to these methods, there are other techniques that can be done to check the quality of honey. A netizen named Dia Puspita Sari once explained how to choose real honey in one of her YouTube uploads. In addition to being easy to imitate, you only need to prepare tissues to practice this method. Curious about how to do it?
As reported by BrilioFood from YouTube Dia Puspita Sari on Saturday (14/9), first prepare two glasses and four sheets of tissue. Then put two sheets of tissue on the mouth of the glass.
photo: YouTube/Dia Puspita Sari
Once done, pour the two types of honey that will be tested for quality. No need for much, just put 1 tbsp of honey on a tissue sheet.
photo: YouTube/Dia Puspita Sari
The results also describe the quality of each honey. If it is genuine, honey will not make the tissue wet or torn. Even honey only collects in one spot on the tissue.
photo: YouTube/Dia Puspita Sari
It's different with fake honey. When poured, honey immediately spreads across the surface of the tissue. After waiting for a while, the surface of the tissue becomes torn because the mixed honey contains water.
photo: YouTube/Dia Puspita Sari