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Honey varieties

Blackberry honey

Bees make this honey from the nectar of wild and cultivated blackberries.

  • Photo of Rubus fruticosus from an iNaturalist observation.Blackberrynectar

White to amber

Blackberry honey

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The honey

Color

White to amber · 28 to 99 mm Pfund

Fifteen Galician blackberry honeys measured 28 to 99 mm Pfund, the widest spread of the honeys in the study. [1]

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

Aroma
Not documented
Flavor

Fruity, with berry notes. [2]

Crystallization
Not documented

Where it comes from

Blossom (nectar)Botanical variety

  • Blackberry

    Rubus fruticosus

    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
Bramble honey
Documented in
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

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

Stephen James McWilliam published the photo of Rubus fruticosus on iNaturalist under CC0 1.0: iNaturalist observation 288429174.

Evidence

Emerging Profile

Published evidence exists but is limited, for example a government or trade-board description or one small study.

A peer-reviewed study of 15 pollen-checked Galician blackberry honeys gives the color. A University of Arizona extension guide gives the flavor.

Studies

  1. Contribution to the Chromatic Characterization of Unifloral Honeys from Galicia (NW Spain)

    Escuredo, O., Rodríguez-Flores, M., Rojo-Martínez, S., Seijo, M.

    Foods, 2019

    93 honeys from Galicia, Spain, with pollen analysis and Pfund color, including blackberry and eucalyptus honeys.

    DOI: 10.3390/foods8070233 · Open the source

  2. Monofloral Honeys

    Lesenne, A.

    University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, 2023

    A University of Arizona extension guide to the flavors of monofloral honeys.

    Open the source

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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