Köycegiz Honey Spring Flower Honey: With the arrival of spring in April and May, fragrant, colorful flowers bloom on the Anatolian plateaus, attracting bees. Our beekeepers set up their hives on the most beautiful plateaus, at altitudes of approximately 500 meters or lower. This is how the story of Köycegiz Honey Spring Flower Honey begins. Bees collect the nectar secreted by flowers, the main source of honey, and store it in their honey stomachs. Worker bees then drink and release this nectar back into the honeycombs. In this way, they combine Köycegiz Honey with Spring Flower Honey's own enzymes, creating a flavor rich in nutrients. Worker bees' wings evaporate the water from the nectar in the honeycombs and ripen it. The processed honey goes through a process where it is heated and then cooled, while also being filtered to remove pollen. This process is normally done to prevent honey from crystallizing and achieve a clear, homogeneous color. However, high temperatures kill most of the vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and amino acids, causing it to lose its healthy properties. Therefore, crystallization is a natural occurrence for Spring Flower Honey. Prepared with care by our beekeepers, meticulously tested in our laboratory, and brought to your tables in its most natural form, Köycegiz Honey Spring Flower Honey has many known benefits. Köycegiz Honey Spring Flower Honey, a blend of thyme, astragalus, and wildflowers, is now on our shelves with its highly nutritious properties and unique flavor. Köycegiz Honey Spring Flower Honey, in its most natural form, from the hive, is just a click away. Our Analysis Certificates Köycegiz Honey is sampled from honey produced during its production period, thanks to the diligence of our bees and the great dedication of our beekeepers. All of our honey is analyzed at regularly accredited universities (Hacettepe University, Mugla University) under the supervision of Turkey's leading professors specializing in honey. All of our purity analyses, which are based on the Turkish Food Codex Honey Communiqué, are available alongside the products. If we consider these parameters in honey separately Proline value is an amino acid found in dominant proportion in our Köycegiz Honey and Spring Flower Honey. Its amount is the quality criterion of Köycegiz Honey and Spring Flower Honey. A high or low proline value is an indicator of whether the bees collected nectar from nature during the Köycegiz Honey and Spring Flower Honey production period. According to the Turkish Food Codex Honey Communiqué, the Proline value required for our Köycegiz Honey and Spring Flower Honey is at least 300mg kg. Accordingly The diastase value in our Köycegiz Honey Spring Flower Honey is 581.07 mg kg. Diastase is the most abundant enzyme in our Köycegiz Honey Spring Flower Honey. This enzyme is produced by bees secreting it from their stomachs during the ripening of the Köycegiz Honey Spring Flower Honey and transfers it to the Köycegiz Honey Spring Flower Honey. The value of this enzyme indicates whether the Köycegiz Honey Spring Flower Honey has been heat treated. According to the Turkish Food Codex Honey Communiqué, the diastase value must be at least "8". Accordingly, the value in our Köycegiz Honey Spring Flower Honey is "8.51". Moisture value refers to the amount of water in Köycegiz Honey Spring Flower Honey. It plays an important role in determining the maturity and shelf life of Köycegiz Honey Spring Flower Honey. When the bees deposit the moisture content of Köycegiz Honey Spring Flower Honey in the honeycomb cells, the moisture content is approximately 0-35. Bees reduce this humidity level below 0.000 by balancing the hive temperature and beating their wings. A moisture content above 0.0000 is an indication that Köycegiz Honey and Spring Flower Honey have been harvested early by beekeepers. The maximum moisture content according to the Turkish Food Codex Honey Communiqué is 0.0000. This value is 0.48 in our Köycegiz Honey and Spring Flower Honey. Electrical conductivity is measured to determine the mineral and acid content in Köycegiz Honey and Spring Flower Honey. Electrical conductivity may vary depending on the amount of organic acids, minerals, and protein present in Köycegiz Honey and Spring Flower Honey, and as a result, the distinction between Köycegiz Honey and Spring Flower Honey and its secretion or flower honey is reached. According to the Turkish Food Codex Honey Communiqué, the electrical conductivity of flower honey should be at most 0.8mS cm. The electrical conductivity value in our Köycegiz Honey and Spring Flower Honey is 0.38mS cm. Free acidity and pH are the primary elements determined by the amount of organic acids, minerals, protein, and carbohydrates found in Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey. This process plays a significant role in the fermentation of Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey and the determination of its secretion honey. The acids found in Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey not only affect the taste and flavor of Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey, but also prevent the growth of microorganisms in Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey. According to the Turkish Food Codex Honey Communiqué, the free acidity value of Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey must not exceed 50 meq kg. The free acidity value of our Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey is 26.29 meq kg. Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey increases with the effects of parameters such as heat treatment of Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey and prolonged storage in adverse conditions. HMF is formed by the condensation of the carbonyl groups of reducing sugars in Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey with the amine groups of amino acids and proteins. The HMF value is an indicator of the freshness of Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey. According to the Turkish Food Codex Honey Communiqué, the HMF content in Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey must not exceed 40 mg kg. The HMF ratio in Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey is "12.14". C4 and Delta C13 values in Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey C13 analysis in Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey is the most common method used to identify cane sugar, corn-based sugar, and glucose-based sugar. By examining the different photosynthetic cycles of plants, the study provides information on whether Köycegiz Honey is adulterated by analyzing the isotope ratios of the honey protein and the Köycegiz Honey. According to the Turkish Food Codex Honey Communiqué, the C4 sugar content in Köycegiz Honey is 7 or less, resulting from the process between the C13 honey and protein fractions. The C4 sugar content in Köycegiz Honey is 0.00 . Analysis of the sugar profile in Köycegiz Honey's Spring Flower Honey reveals that, due to its carbohydrate content, the dry matter content of Köycegiz Honey's Spring Flower Honey is approximately 99 , 95 of which consists of fructose and glucose. These two monosaccharides, which give Köycegiz Honey's Spring Flower Honey its unique flavor, are formed by the inversion of sucrose, found in plant nectar or the secretions of insects living on plants, by the enzyme invertase. According to the Turkish Food Codex Honey Communiqué, the sugar profile and ratio for flower honeys are at least 60g per 100g, and the fructose glucose ratio is between 0.9 and 1.4. In our Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey, the fructose glucose ratio is 68.72 and 1.15. There should be no sucrose in honey. Bees invert the nectar they collect, breaking it down into fructose and glucose until no sucrose remains. The presence of sucrose in honey is an indication of adulteration. There is no sucrose in our Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey. Pollen Analysis: The honey-bearing plant species that form the source of Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey are abundant in our country. Turkey boasts a diverse range of approximately 450,000 different plants, varying depending on the region. The Köycegiz region is also a significant source of pine honey. Furthermore, because our local beekeepers are nomadic, they leave their hives all over Turkey when spring arrives. Now, the bees enjoy this richness of plants and produce honey. Pollen analyses performed on these milked honeys provide useful information in determining their geographic and floral origins. Pollen analysis determines the nectar-bearing plants in that region, the naming of our Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey, and the quality and yield of our Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey. Phenolic and Antioxidant Analysis in Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey: Antioxidants are compounds that prevent cell damage by inhibiting the formation of free radicals in the body. These reactions can be toxic in foods and cause health problems. In short, antioxidant activity can reduce oxidative reactions in the body. Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey is known to be rich in enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants. Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey is rich in flavonoids and phenolic acids, as well as antioxidant compounds such as tocopherols, alkaloids, and ascorbic acid. The color of Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey is generally due to the carotenoids and flavonoids it contains. Darker-colored honeys have a higher antioxidant content. In short, honey is a food rich in antioxidants and can vary depending on the region and season. The phenolic compound content in Köycegiz Spring Flower Honey is 567.89 mgGAE kg.