Characterization of Spanish honeys with protected designation of origin “Miel de Granada” according to their mineral content

Alda-Garcilope, C. de; Gallego-Picó, Alejandrina; Bravo-Yagüe, J.C.; Martínez, Rosa María Goig; Fernández-Hernando, P.

doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.06.057

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“…Potassium is the highest mineral element in honey followed by sodium which agrees with previous studies (Pohl 2009;Alda-Garcilope et al 2012;Chua et al 2012;Silva et al 2013a). The overall average content of potassium and sodium in Malaysian raw honey samples was 904.9 and 617.6 mg/kg, respectively.…”

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“…Heavy metals can also be a biomarker of environmental pollution at the foraging area of bees where bees may carry the pollutants in the plants, air, water and soil from surroundings into the hives (Pohl 2009). Mineral content has been used to classify honeys according to their botanical or geographical origin as to assess honey's originality or authenticity in previous studies reported by Chudzinska and Baralkiewicz (2010) and Alda-Garcilope et al (2012). Table 2 reports the concentration of eight mineral elements (K, Na, Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn, Cu, and P) and four heavy metals elements (Pb, As, Hg, and Cd) obtained from the studied honey samples.…”

Section: Mineral and Heavy Metal Contentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Honey is usually named by its botanical and geographical origin. Efforts of identifying honey with botanical and geographical origin such as through its composition of carbohydrates (Cotte et al 2003;de la Fuente et al 2011), amino acids (Rebane and Herodes 2008), mineral and trace element (dos Santos et al 2008;Alda-Garcilope et al 2012), stable isotopes (Baroni et al 2015;Dinca et al 2015), phenolic compounds and physiochemical properties (Karabagias et al 2014;Popescu et al 2016;Zhao et al 2016) have been reported. As honey-making processes are highly related to enzymes added by the bees, it is envisaged that composition of honey is also affected by the types of bee that produce it.…”

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Classification of Honey from Its Bee Origin via Chemical Profiles and Mineral Content

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Raw honeys from four different bee species, namely the honey bees and stingless bees, were classified based on its chemical profiles, mineral contents and heavy metals. Chemical profiles including proximate composition, predominant sugars, hydroxymethylfurfural content, and diastase activity were determined following official methods while mineral and heavy metals contents were obtained from atomic adsorption spectrometry (AAS) and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) measurements, respectively. Both hierarchical cluster analysis and principal component analysis show high possibility of distinguishing honey by its bee species of honey bees (Apis spp.) and stingless bees (Heterotrigona itama) based on distinctive differences in chemical compositions and mineral contents. Potassium and sodium were the major elements in raw honey samples at average of 904.9 and 617.6 mg/kg, respectively. Honey from stingless bee contained more protein, 0.85 g/100 g and less total sugar of fructose and glucose at 24.99 g/100 g. The information of bee speciation origin of honey bees and stingless bees enhances the identity of honey on the product labelling.

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“…Furthermore, de Alda-Garcilope et al [29] using F-AAS reported, in general, a higher mineral content for commercial Spanish thyme honeys compared to that of the present study. Respective mean values (mg/kg) of Ca, Mg, and Fe were 181.69, 341.74, and 2.37, whereas the reported content of Zn was in good agreement with present results (0.94 vs. 1.24 mg/kg, respectively).…”

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Characterization and geographical discrimination of Greek pine and thyme honeys based on their mineral content, using chemometrics

Karabagias

Louppis²,

Kontakos

et al. 2016

Eur Food Res Technol

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“…However, one of the most important indicators of honey quality is the mineral content, which strongly depends on the geographic origin of honeys and can be used for the classification of honey samples (Terrab et al 2004, hernandez et al 2005, bogdanoV et al 2007, Tuzen et al 2007, Pisani et al 2008, KašKonienė, VenskuTonis 2010, nowak et al 2011, de alda-Garcilope et al 2012, chen et al 2014. The macro-(K, Ca, Mg and Na), trace (Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, B, Ni and Co) and toxic elements (As, Cd, Pb) are taken up by the plant's root system, transported to flowers via stems and finally secreted into nectar, which is the source of honey.…”

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Mineral content analysis of unifloral honeys from the Hungarian Great Plain

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Irma²,

Bátori³

et al. 2016

J. Elem.

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Honey is a key product of the traditional agriculture in Hungary and an important export commodity of the Hungarian commerce. The content of metals in honeys is essential for food quality and safety, in addition to which it provides elemental fingerprints about the region where the honey was collected. The aim of this study was to determine and compare the element content of black locust, oilseed rape and sunflower honey samples collected from the southern part of the Hungarian Great Plain. The major (K and Mg), trace (Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn, B, Al, Co, Ni, Se and Mo) and toxic elements (As, Pb and Cd) of the samples were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was performed to compare the mineral content of the different honey types. Our analyses revealed that K was the most abundant element in the investigated honey samples. Among the trace elements, B, Fe, Zn and Cu were found in the highest concentrations. Sunflower honey contained the highest concentrations of K, Mg and Mn, while oilseed rape honey showed the highest B content. The mineral content of honeys decreased in order of sunflower, oilsed rape and black locust. There were no differences among the honey types in the toxic element content (As, Pb and Cd), which was under the detection limit in many honey samples. According to the multivariate method, the Mg, B, Al, K and Zn contents are considered to be the most important indicator for distinguishing the investigated honey samples and types. The results obtained from the mineral content analyses showed that differences in major, trace and toxic elements between Hungarian unifloral honeys as well as a detailed comparison of honeys with different geographic origins can be used for quality assessment.

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Characterization of Spanish honeys with protected designation of origin “Miel de Granada” according to their mineral content

Cited by 67 publications

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Classification of Honey from Its Bee Origin via Chemical Profiles and Mineral Content

Classification of Honey from Its Bee Origin via Chemical Profiles and Mineral Content

Characterization and geographical discrimination of Greek pine and thyme honeys based on their mineral content, using chemometrics

Mineral content analysis of unifloral honeys from the Hungarian Great Plain

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