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NMR carbohydrate profile in tracing acacia honey authenticity
Elisabetta Schievano1, Marco Sbrizza1, Valentina Zuccato1
1Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy.
Abstract:
The sugar profile in honey can be used as a fingerprint to confirm the authenticity or reveal the adulteration of the product by sweetener addition. In this work, we have accurately determined the profile of 20 minor saccharides in a set of 46 European acacia honeys using a recently proposed NMR approach based on the CSSF-TOCSY experiment. Comparison of this reference profile with the sugar composition of several Chinese honey samples of the same declared botanical origin has revealed important differences. A detailed analysis of the saccharide profile of these Chinese honeys suggests product adulteration by overfeeding bee colonies with industrial sugars syrups during the main nectar flow period.
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