Organoleptic, quantitative and informational expertise of bee honey traded in Chișinău stores

Abstract

Honey is the sweetest product of nature appreciated for its high nutritional value and its special dietary and therapeutic properties. Being a dietary and therapeutic product, it contains many biologically active substances and possesses nutritional, bactericidal and curative properties, so it must be in in accordance with Government Decision no. 661 which establishes the quality requirements. This paper contains the results of organoleptic research, but also methods of expression. The research was conducted on the basis of sensory methods accepted in commodity science. In addition, we checked the correctness of the mandatory information on the product labels.