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Sunflower honey

Bees make this honey from the nectar of sunflower fields.

Sunflower honey

Color class not documented

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The honey

Color

Bright yellow. [1]

Aroma

A moderately intense odor with a pollen-like aroma. [1]

Flavor
Not documented
Crystallization

Fast. Crystallizes quickly. One Hungarian sample set into a coarse, solid mass. [1][2][3]

Where it comes from

Blossom (nectar)Botanical variety

  • Sunflower

    Helianthus annuus

    primary source · nectar

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

    On our Pollinator plants pages: Common Sunflower

Documented in
France, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Argentina

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

Rod published the photo of Helianthus annuus on iNaturalist under CC0 1.0: iNaturalist observation 44405002.

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 pollen-checked Hungarian honeys gives the color and the aroma. Serbian and German sources give the crystallization. No study that we read gives the flavor yet.

Studies

  1. Quality Evaluation of Light- and Dark-Colored Hungarian Honeys, Focusing on Botanical Origin, Antioxidant Capacity and Mineral Content

    Bodó, A., Radványi, L., Kőszegi, T., Csepregi, R., Nagy, D.U., Farkas, Á., Kocsis, M.

    Molecules, 2021

    Eight Hungarian unifloral honeys, including a sunflower honey, with pollen analysis and sensory notes.

    DOI: 10.3390/molecules26092825 · Open the source

  2. Sunflower Honey—Evaluation of Quality and Stability during Storage

    Živkov Baloš, M., Popov, N., Jakšić, S., Mihaljev, Ž., Pelić, M., Ratajac, R., Ljubojević Pelić, D.

    Foods, 2023

    24 Serbian sunflower honeys, followed for 18 months of storage.

    DOI: 10.3390/foods12132585 · Open the source

  3. Sensory Analysis of Honey

    Derndorfer, E.

    DLG e.V. (German Agricultural Society), 2015

    A German expert report on the sensory testing of honey.

    Open the source

  4. 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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