Study of the Hydroxymethylfurfural and Sugar Profile of Apis melifera Honey in Madhya Pradesh, India

Aims: The present study was undertaken to determine the Hydroxymethylfurfural and sugar profile of Apis melifera honey.

Place and Duration of Study: Honey samples were collected from beekeepers of eight selected villages of Guna and Morena region of Madhya Pradesh during two season 2021/22 - 2022/23

Methodology: The study covers the sugar characterization in term of reducing sugar, sucrose, glucose, fructose, fructose/glucose ratio and Hydroxymethylfurfural content. Collected honey samples were investigated in lab and data analysis by two factor without replication.

Results: The result recorded different parameters Hydroxymethylfurfural, (9.77-15.73 and 9.50- 15.91 mg/kg) total reducing sugars (70.08-73.53 and 69.16-73.83 %), sucrose (1.70-3.43 and 1.77-3.39%), glucose (31.60-35.60 and 31.20-35.30), fructose (36.47- 39.94 and 36.73-.39.69) and fructose glucose ratio (1.03-1.22 and 1.04-1.22) respectively, during 2021-22 and 2022-23. All the parameters showed significant variation in honey among the selected locations.

Conclusion: According to the study, all of the honey samples met the allowed limit as required by Indian standards and were of acceptable quality.