Guest guest Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 I got this reply from my buddy at the USDA: As far as bees that are fed a sucrose diet having sucrose-heavy honey, I'd say your chances of that are relatively slim. If you buy honey produced in the U.S. probably around 90-95% of all commercial U.S. beekeepers feed their bees high fructose corn syrup as a supplement vs. sugar (sucrose) water. There may be a slight elevation in sucrose levels, but probably not significant. From everything I've looked at, your initial research showing that honey is about 1% sucrose seems to be about the norm. Your best bet might be looking for locally produced honey from a smaller beekeeper. Most of the honey you buy in grocery stores is imported from Argentina or China and they have been known to add some " non-honey " material to their honey. You might also want to look into certain varietals. Orange blossom honey is much lighter and sweeter than buckwheat honey, but I'm not sure if the saccharide ratios of the varietals are different. And for those that are interested, a more detailed profile of honey may be found here: http://www.honey.com/downloads/carb.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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