Talk about uncapped honey and capped honey
一、 What is covered honey and uncovered honey?
Sealed honey is also commonly referred to as mature honey. The so-called "mature honey" means that the bees collect the nectar from the nectar, pack their salivary gland secretions into the nest, brew and dehydrate, reduce the water content to below 20%, and fully convert disaccharides into monosaccharides. The total content of glucose and fructose is more than 70%. Naturally mature honey usually takes 7 days. It has the nutrients that honey should have in the true sense. Then the bees will use beeswax to cover the children, which is what everyone calls sealing. Cover honey.
corresponds to uncapped honey, which has not been repeatedly brewed by bees, and because of artificial processing, it is far inferior to capped honey in terms of nutritional value and other aspects.
二、the difference between covered honey and uncovered honey
1, the production cycle is different
Mature honey has a long brewing cycle. Bees need to add a variety of enzymes to it for full brewing. This process takes about 7 days before the bees can cover them. When the beekeeper takes the mature honey, The process will be more complicated and the production cycle will be long; and some beekeepers blindly pursue economic benefits, and even take honey once a day or two. The production cycle of this uncovered honey will be very short and the cost will be low. many.
2. Different nutritional value
As we mentioned earlier, mature honey has a long brewing cycle, while uncapped honey is not fully brewed by bees. The active enzyme itself will be greatly reduced. In addition to the low maturity, merchants will Processing will bring the nutrition of honey to the next level.
3, the price is different
As we mentioned above, the cost of uncapped honey is much lower than that of capped honey. Therefore, in terms of price, the price of capped honey will be much higher than that of uncapped honey. However, because many consumers do not clearly recognize the difference between the two, and the uncapped honey can almost impersonate the "shape" and "taste" of the capped honey through processing, leading many consumers to buy the uncapped honey at a low price. Cheap honey, which has caused serious harm to the honey market in our country...
Some people may ask: Since the capped honey and the uncapped honey only have different brewing cycles, can they make up for the difference in nutritional value if they spend the same time in the hive?
三、Even if the two have the same time in the hive, the nutritional value is worlds apart
We need to know that the determinant of honey's nutritional value is whether bees inject various enzymes into it. These enzymes can promote the conversion of sugars in honey and turn polysaccharides into monosaccharides, mainly glucose and fructose. In this process, The nutritional value of honey will also undergo "qualitative change". The longer such honey stays in the hive, the higher the nutritional value will be. This is the process of honey maturation and the reason why the soil honey taken once a year is more popular. If the uncovered honey stays in the hive for a long time, it will inhale too much water, and many nutrients in the honey will disappear. If it deteriorates, the bees will get sick if they eat it. Therefore, there is a big difference between capped honey and uncapped honey. This difference cannot be made up only by the time in the hive.
