Mesquite honey

Color

Not documented

Aroma

Not documented

Flavor

Warm caramel, woody, smoky, and nutty, with a light floral note. [1]

Crystallization

Fast. Crystallizes rapidly into very fine, smooth crystals that stay soft and creamy. [1]

• Mesquite

  Prosopis Genus

  primary source · nectar

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

Documented in

United States, Mexico, Argentina

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

Piermario Maculan published the photo of Prosopis farcta on iNaturalist under CC0 1.0: iNaturalist observation 307397644 (opens in a new tab).

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

A University of Arizona extension guide gives the flavor and the crystallization. No source that we read gives the color or the aroma yet.

1. [1]

   Arizona Specialty Honeys

   Lesenne, A.

   University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, 2023

   A University of Arizona extension guide to Arizona specialty honeys, including mesquite honey.

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2. [2]

   Extracted Honey Grading Manual

   U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, 1985

   The USDA manual for honey graders describes the main U.S. floral sources and groups them by flavor.

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• 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

We reviewed this record on Oct 14, 2026.