Detection of adulterated honey produced by honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies fed with different levels of commercial industrial sugar (C3 and C4 plants) syrups by the carbon isotope ratio analysis

Food Chemistry

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 155-160

  Guler, Ahmet ^a   Kocaokutgen, Hasan ^a   Garipoglu, Ali V ^a   Onder, Hasan ^a   Ekinci, Deniz ^a   Biyik, Selim ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adulterated; Colony; Feeding; Honey; Patterns; Sugars

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FEEDING; FRUCTOSE; ISOTOPES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SUGAR BEETS; SUGARS;

ADULTERATED; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; COLONY; HIGH-FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUPS; HONEY; HONEYBEE COLONIES; INTERNAL STANDARDS; PATTERNS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

CARBON; CARBON 13; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

ADULT; ANIMAL FOOD; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HONEY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SUGAR BEET; SUGARCANE; SYRUP; WHEAT;

(13)C/(12)C ISOTOPE; ADULTERATED; COLONY; FEEDING; HONEY; PATTERNS; SUGARS;

ANIMALS; BEEKEEPING; BEES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON ISOTOPES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HONEY;

EID: 84893637439     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.01.033     Document Type: Article

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