Quality assessment of honey collected from Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh Durgapal K.K.*, Mall Pramod Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, 263145 *Email: durgapalkamal@gmail.com
Online published on 23 October, 2018. Abstract The study characterizes the physico-chemical parameters of honey samples collected from different locations in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. It was observed that these samples had the following properties: Moisture was 12.96–19.02%; pH 3.28–4.80, TSS 68.2–71o brix, total solids 80.97–87.03%, reducing sugar 45.64–62.37%, total sugar 50.26–71.02% and non-reducing sugar 2.42–11.04%. The sample with least moisture content was from Haldwani (13%) followed by Tanda (14%) and Rampur (15%). The minimum pH was observed in the sample from Pilibhit (3.28). The highest TSS was observed in the honey from Dineshpur (710brix) followed by Khatima, Tanda and Almora (70o brix). The total solid % was found to be the maximum with honey from Haldwani (87%) followed by the ones from Tanda (85%) and Rampur (84%). The reducing sugar was found to be maximum with Haldwani (62%) sample, followed by the ones from Halduchaor (59%) and Almora (56%); while the total sugar was found to be the maximum with Haldwani (71%) sample, followed by those from Almora (65%) and Halduchaor (64%). Top Keywords Honey, physico-chemical properties, moisture, pH, TSS, total solids, sugar, Haldwani, Dineshpur, Khatima, Tanda, Almora, Pilibhit, Rampur, Haldhuchaor. Top |