Honey varieties
Metcalfa honeydew honey
Bees make this honeydew honey from the sugary excretion of the planthopper Metcalfa pruinosa, which feeds on many host plants.
- Various host plantshoneydew of Metcalfa pruinosa
Metcalfa honeydew honey
Color not documented
The honey
- Color
- Not documented
- Aroma
- Not documented
- Flavor
- Not documented
- Crystallization
- Not documented
Where it comes from
Various host plants
Honeydew of the insect Metcalfa pruinosa
primary source · honeydew
Published honey references and standards name this source. In other regions, the honey can come from more or different species.
- Documented in
- Italy, Slovenia, Croatia
The catalog names these countries. Honey of this type can come from other regions too.
Evidence
Sources support the name, the source, and the countries. No study that we read gives the color, aroma, flavor, or crystallization yet.
No source that we could read describes the color, aroma, flavor, or crystallization of this honey yet.
Studies
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.
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
We reviewed this record on .