Viper's bugloss (Echium spp.) honey typing and establishing the pollen threshold for monofloral honey.

ABSTRACT: Honey samples (n = 126) from Castilla-La Mancha (Central Spain) were characterized based on their physicochemical properties and a melissopalynological analysis. The latter showed that Echium pollen type was the dominant palynomorph in most samples, representing at least 30% of the pollen in each sample. As anticipated, a relationship was observed between the proportion of this pollen and the properties of the honey. One goal of this study was to set a threshold that defines the percentage of pollen necessary for Viper's bugloss honey to be considered monofloral or multifloral. This is a mandatory requirement in light of the publication of the European Directive 2014/63/EU establishing the regulations governing the labelling and control of honey to eradicate fraud (BOE n° 147, June 2015).

SUBMITTER: Martin Arroyo T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5627913 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature