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Honey varieties

Acacia honey

Bees make this honey from the nectar of black locust trees.

  • Photo of Robinia pseudoacacia from an iNaturalist observation.Black locustnectar

Water white

Acacia honey

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The honey

Color

Water white

Every pollen-checked sample from Hungary and Slovakia graded water white, the lightest color class. [1]

Illustrative screen color. A screen cannot show a laboratory color.

Aroma

A weak floral odor, like black locust flowers, most clearly in fresh honey. [1]

Flavor

Mild, sweet, and floral, with low acidity. [1]

Crystallization

Slow. Stays liquid for a long time, because it has a high ratio of fructose to glucose. [2]

Where it comes from

Blossom (nectar)Botanical variety

  • Black locust

    Robinia pseudoacacia

    primary source · nectar

    Published honey references and standards name this source. In other regions, the honey can come from more or different species.

Also known as
Black locust honey
Documented in
Hungary, Romania, Italy, Serbia, Bulgaria

The catalog names these countries. Honey of this type can come from other regions too.

Sarah Zukoff published the photo of Robinia pseudoacacia on iNaturalist under CC0 1.0: iNaturalist observation 77997851.

Evidence

Supported Profile

At least one peer-reviewed study of this honey from a relevant region supports the color and a taste or smell value.

A peer-reviewed study of 14 pollen-checked Hungarian and Slovak honeys gives the color, aroma, and flavor. A Hungarian study gives the crystallization.

Studies

  1. Pseudoacacia Honey of Hungarian and Slovak Origin: Selected Quality Parameters and Antioxidant Capacity

    Stehlíková, D., Farkas, Á., Filep, R., Papp, N., Purger, D., Tóth, J., Czigle, S.

    Molecules, 2026

    Ten Hungarian and four Slovak acacia honeys with pollen-checked origin, graded on the Pfund scale.

    DOI: 10.3390/molecules31050755

  2. Classification of Acacia, Rape and Multifloral Hungarian Honey Types

    Dominkó, E., Németh, Z.I., Rétfalvi, T.

    Heliyon, 2024

    A comparison of Hungarian acacia, rape, and multifloral honeys.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30498

  3. Main European unifloral honeys: descriptive sheets

    Persano Oddo, L., Piro, R.

    Apidologie, 2004

    The International Honey Commission descriptive sheets of the main European unifloral honeys.

    DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004049

References

  • Main European unifloral honeys: descriptive sheets — International Honey Commission
  • Standard for Honey CXS 12-1981 — FAO / WHO Codex Alimentarius
  • Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey — European Union
  • Criteria for identifying monofloral and multifloral manuka honey — New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries
  • United States Standards for Grades of Extracted Honey — United States Department of Agriculture
  • Honey for nutrition and health: a review — Journal of the American College of Nutrition

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