White honey: properties and production technology

Sweet, tasty, fragrant, healing product - so they say about honey.On the shelves of shops you can see all kinds of jars of this useful product amber color. It is quite rare to find white honey. It has excellent taste, and its use often exceeds the benefits of ordinary honey. It is worth figuring out from which plants such a medicinal product is obtained, whether it is possible to prepare such a delicacy on your own.

White honey can be seen, most likely, at special fairs. It is worth figuring out what white honey is made of and how this healing product is called. This honey is obtained when bees collect nectar from certain plants. These include raspberries, lindens, acacia, sweet clover, fireweed, alfalfa, salvaras and other honey plants. Interestingly, the flowers in the plant honey plants can be not only white, but also have purple, purple or lilac color. Their color will not affect the color of the finished product.

It should be noted that the color of the product after pumping will not initially be white, so it becomes after a while. Pouring from the honey extractor, honey has a golden color with a greenish tinge. After saccharification of the product, it changes color and looks almost white. Candied honey is often with a grayish, yellowish or other shade. The consistency of the product is more like butter.

White honey is especially appreciated for the fact that after crystallization its useful properties even increase. Unfortunately, in natural conditions, it is not so common, because it requires certain honey culture. Often, to get white honey, beekeepers have to travel far from home to the fields planted with agricultural crops such as rape, sweet clover and sainfoin. It is difficult to get a product of completely white color, since other honey plants often grow next to the fields, which can affect the color of the finished product. In nature, large areas of honey plants are less common.

There is a large number of varieties of this sweet and healthy product. It can be of different colors, ranging from white, clear, amber and even dark brown. Honey of such an unusual color is less popular, but at the same time very tasty and healthy. It should be clarified that it is not only one type. The product is a creamy white color obtained from different honey plants. Varieties may vary in taste, smell and quality, but they are all predominantly white. More common are the varieties that are produced by bees from clover or rape, but from fireweed, raspberry, angelica or lindens, it is rather difficult to find sweetness.

It is worth considering in more detail the popular varieties of white honey.

This variety can be found quite rarely, despite the fact that raspberries grow in almost every garden. The product has a delicate taste and a bright aroma, in which the smell of raspberry flowers is felt. After pumping the product has a transparent color with amber notes, soon after crystallization the color of the product becomes creamy. Raspberry sweetness is recommended for the prevention of viral diseases. Thanks to such a valuable product, you can strengthen the immune system, cure a cold.

This grade receive during linden flowering. After pumping honey has a transparent color with an amber tint. When it crystallizes, it becomes dense with large and small crystals. Healing linden honey is an excellent tool to prevent viral diseases. A fragrant drink with the addition of a spoon of honey can alleviate cold symptoms. Due to the diaphoretic action, it should be consumed during the flu or ARVI to combat temperature and infection.

Melilot is a wonderful honey plant. From it get a sweetness with a vanilla aroma with a pleasant sweet aftertaste. Sweet clover honey is considered particularly useful, as it has a huge amount of trace elements.This product is well stored, it does not immediately crystallize. Gradually, it becomes more viscous and changes color to white.

To obtain such a useful sweetness, rape is used. During the pumping of honey from this feed crop, there is a peculiar smell, but it soon disappears. The taste of rape honey is more cloying than the sweet clover. Honey from rapeseed is not recommended to be stored for a long time, as it becomes sour with prolonged storage. It should be included in your diet for people with heart and vascular problems to remove toxic substances from the body.

Multicolored flowers of alfalfa lure bees. The sweetness obtained from alfalfa has a very pleasant and rather unusual taste, as well as a delicate aroma. Some time after pumping, it becomes similar in texture to a soft white oil. The product obtained from alfalfa helps relieve pain and inflammation in gastrointestinal diseases, and also acts as a means to strengthen the immune system.

This honey after pumping is more similar to a delicate cream or butter. Its taste is a little sugary, but in moderation. The product contains a large amount of oil and glucose, so it becomes fat. Only after its complete crystallization can one appreciate the taste of this product. This sweetness of cotton is used to treat colds. This product is often used for cosmetic procedures.

During the flowering period of white acacia, its aroma is heard over a long distance, and it is he who attracts bees. After pumping honey from acacia, it remains liquid for a long time, almost until spring. The sweetness of acacia has a transparent color, initially the product is quite liquid, more similar in color to water. Due to the large amount of fructose, it may not crystallize for a long time. Acacia honey is recommended for patients with diabetes, it is included in the diet for diseases of the nervous system.

Honey, obtained from esparcet, has a very rich taste and a pleasant aroma. Some time after pumping the color of the product changes. The crystallization process is slow, gradually it becomes thick and changes color to a creamy white. Salmon honey is used to strengthen the immune system, improve efficiency, it has a beneficial effect in inflammatory diseases, has an antimicrobial effect.

Cyprus or Ivan tea is a medicinal plant that has been used to treat many diseases since ancient times. In Russia, the leaves and flowers of fireweed were used as a drink, and many diseases were treated with honey. Ivan-tea is especially useful for men, as it increases the potency, honey from the wilderness should be included in your diet and women. This product contains a huge amount of vitamins, in its composition ascorbic acid, tannins, antioxidants. Cypriot honey is used as a tonic, as well as used in cosmetology.

In the taiga grows a large number of medicinal and medicinal plants, such as willow, raspberry, sweet clover, mint, sage. All the beneficial properties of honey are transferred to honey. To get the maximum benefit, this product is used after its complete crystallization.

Honey from Bashkiria is rightfully considered the most useful, as it is harvested in forests with a huge amount of medicinal plants. This product has a small amount of water, therefore it has a dense texture. Product color with a yellowish tinge. White Bashkir honey is known worldwide for its healing properties.

We should talk about such a concept as whipped honey. Honey becomes white after its complete crystallization. But you can get a white color, if you mix ordinary honey.After beating the usual honey, it is saturated with oxygen and changes color. This whipped product will retain all its taste and beneficial properties, while it becomes more tender, and its consistency becomes creamy.

White honey with royal jelly is often sold on the market. Choosing this product you need to understand that by adding royal jelly and whipping the product, it oxidizes and the milk begins to lose its healing properties. In addition, it is important to know how to store royal jelly in order to preserve maximum nutrients. It is stored in the refrigerator in a dark-colored glass jar.

Honey is not in vain considered to be a very tasty delicacy, the beneficial properties of which are known to many.

White honey has such healing properties as:

• used with a weakened immune system;
• used for problems with the organs of the bronchopulmonary system;
• heals the throat, with it you can get rid of tickling;
• It should be included in the diet of people with diseases of the heart and blood vessels;
• in case of eye diseases, for example, conjunctivitis;
• this product relieves anxiety, treats disorders of the nervous system;
• used in the breakdown, reduced performance;
• It should be included in the diet of people suffering from skin diseases;
• used in diabetes.

White honey has bactericidal properties, so it should be included in the diet of people who have suffered injuries or surgeries. It is important to know that the beneficial properties will be lost if the honey is heated or added to hot water or tea. It is recommended to take it on an empty stomach, washed down with warm water.

Despite the tremendous benefits that this sweet white product can bring, it should be taken with care by children. If desired, you can gradually give white honey to children aged from one and a half years, but not more than 1 tbsp. spoon per day. Adults who have no contraindications can use it up to 110 grams per day.

Acceptance of bee products should be divided into the following three methods, using one tablespoon:

• in the morning on an empty stomach;
• at lunchtime, before meals;
• in the evening, shortly before bedtime.

Very tasty treat for children and adults can be prepared at home.

For self-cooking sweets at home, it is recommended to take the following ingredients:

• 2 tbsp. spoons of candied honey;
• 9 tbsp. spoons of fresh liquid honey honey.

The mass is placed in a mixer and whipped a few minutes before changing the color of the product. Whipping time depends on the power of the mixer. As soon as the mass becomes creamy and changes color to creamy white, the mixer is turned off. The mass is poured into a clean glass container and put in the refrigerator for 7–10 days. After that, the cream is stored at room temperature. Such a useful delicacy with pleasure is eaten by kids and adults. Taste gentle cream like condensed milk with honey.

Very tasty, although quite high-calorie, honey and butter cream is obtained. For its preparation it is necessary to choose high-quality products, this is especially true for butter, the fat content of which should not be below 82.5%.

You need to mix the following ingredients:

• 200 g butter;
• 100 g of white or other honey;
• 100 g of chopped walnuts, which can be replaced by pine nuts.

Butter should be whipped with a mixer, then add honey and continue to beat a few more minutes.Whipped dessert should be whipped until the state of airiness, the cream should be homogeneous. At last add nuts. This honey and butter cream is best kept in a cold place. In the fridge, the cream turns out to be hard, but if you leave it in the room, it becomes soft and can be easily spread on bread, added to pancakes or pancakes. This oil can be replaced with impregnation for biscuits, it can be added to porridge or rice dishes. This dish is quite high in calories, so it is better not to use it more often than 1-2 times a week, especially for people with elevated cholesterol.

To get the most benefit from the bee products for the body, it is important to be able to distinguish a fake when buying honey. When choosing honey, it is important to make sure that it has a dense consistency; there should not be any air bubbles in it. Do not confuse air bubbles with foam, which may form on some varieties of the product. The foam should disappear over time. According to beekeepers, the presence of foam speaks of the immaturity of honey. A fake product may have a continuous foamy mass.

It is worth buying honey from verified sellers, it will not be out of place to look at the certificate of product quality. To protect yourself from a fake, it is better to purchase bee products from a friend beekeeper. So that healing honey does not lose its properties as long as possible, it should be stored in a cool place at a temperature of + 5– + 18 degrees. If the room temperature is above +40 degrees or below -35 degrees, the properties of the product are lost. It can be considered an ordinary delicacy, and not a healing product.

In the place where white honey is stored, it is important to maintain a humidity of 60%. If the humidity in the room is higher, it can lead to acidification of the product. It is necessary to avoid contact with the product of direct sunlight, so as not to change its structure. It is better to store honey in glass jars, plastic containers are only suitable for temporary storage or transportation. Banks can be closed with plastic or metal lids.

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