HONEY QUALITY CONTROL METHOD Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC G01N33/02 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: method involves quantitative determination of content of the chemical indicator i.e. hydrogen peroxide in honey; the hydrogen peroxide quantitative content is determined by iodometric reaction with potassium iodide; the quantity of iodide released in the form of complex anion I₃ ^- is registered by the electronic absorption spectroscopy method; the hydrogen peroxide content in honey is calculated in mg per kg which allows to distinguish natural honey from artificial honey because hydrogen peroxide content in natural honey is equal to no less than 4 mg/kg while hydrogen peroxide content in artificial honey is absent.

EFFECT: determination simplification and high sensitivity.

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