December 14, 2020 | 12:01 am Font Size
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RESEARCHERS affiliated with the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) have found that about 82% of honey products sold in the Philippines are actually sugar or corn syrups.
Angel T. Bautista VII, a researcher with the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute, said nuclear-level analysis indicates that many honey products actually have near-zero honey content.
“Eighty-two percent or 62 out of the 76 of honey brands that were found to be adulterated were composed of 95% C4 sugar syrup. So, they are not actually adulterated but they are just (mostly) sugar syrup,” Mr. Bautista said in a statement.