Honey varieties
Wildflower honey
Bees make this honey from the nectar of many kinds of flowers. Its color and taste change with the place and the season.
- Mixed flowersnectar
Wildflower honey
Color not documented
The honey
- Color
- Not documented
- Aroma
- Not documented
- Flavor
- Not documented
- Crystallization
- Not documented
Where it comes from
PolyfloralSource category
Mixed flowers
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
- Polyfloral honey
- Documented in
- Not documented
Evidence
Identity Only
Sources support the name, the source, and the countries. No study that we read gives the color, aroma, flavor, or crystallization yet.
Wildflower honey comes from mixed and undefined flower sources, so no single profile describes it.
Studies
Honey Color and Flavor
National Honey Board
The U.S. National Honey Board describes the color and flavor of common U.S. honey varieties.
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 .