Vol. 10, Issue 11 (2021)

Author(s):
Painkra KL, Shaw SS, Dubey VK, Verulkar SB, Painkra GP and Saxena RR

Abstract:
The present study was undertaken to determine the physico-chemical properties of bee-honey obtained from different villages of Northern Hill of Chhattisgarh region during 2017-18. The 14 honey samples were analyzed for their quality parameters i.e., moisture, pH, total soluble solids (TSS), ash, colour, specific gravity, viscosity, Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), total reducing sugars (TRS), fructose, glucose and sucrose. The result showed that the quality parameters of 14 honey samples were recorded within acceptable ranges of moisture, pH, total soluble solids (TSS), ash, color, specific gravity, viscosity, Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), total reducing sugars (TRS), non-reducing sugar, glucose, fructose and sucrose with values of 18.27-24.64%, 3.71-5.13, 76.02-81.72%, 0.18-0.44%, 0.32-3.91mPfund, 1.37-1.47g/cm³, 2.80-3.30cPoise, 5.52-37.88 mg kg^-1, 65.52-70.99%, 2.35-5.59%, 32.67-36.75%, 35.40-38.45% and2.47-5.88%, respectively. Based on sucrose content, only 13 honeys sample i.e. Bhitthikala, Rampur Lodhima, Ranpur, Mendrakala, Mangari, Sitapur, Devgarh, Lamgaon, Mudesa, Amgaon, Sukhari, Ajirma (RMD -I) and Ajirma (RMD-II) were found accepted level with minimum (2.47-5.01%) sucrose, except Ajirma (KVK) honey which was recorded higher percentage of (5.88) sucrose. Apart from that, in the analysis of quality parameters, all honey samples satisfied the allowable limit as adherence to Indian Standard. High sucrose content in the honey sample may be due to early harvesting as sucrose is not converted to glucose and fructose. The study indicated that the honey samples had good quality and will be important for the commercialization of regional honey.