Research of biological value and nutrient composition of honey dessert

The article defines the biological value of honey dessert and its nutritional composition (content of vitamins, macro- and microelements, flavonoids, etc.). Honey dessert, which consisted of 65% sunflower honey, 30% bee pollen and 5% amaranth seeds, which were added in the form of flour, was used for research. Generally accepted research methods were used in accordance with national and international standards. The type of honey was confirmed by the method of pollen analysis, experimental studies were carried out on the basis of the National University of Bioresources and Nature Management of Ukraine and the NSC "Institute of Beekeeping named after P. I. Prokopovych". The biological value and nutrient composition of honey desserts with bee honey and amaranth seeds provided by the producers of the NGO "Beekeepers’ Women’s Foundation" were investigated. The content of vitamins, organic acids, squalene, flavonoids, macro- and micronutrients was determined. The predominant amount of citric (323.2 mg/kg) and oxalic (286.0 mg/kg) organic acids was noted. Potassium and magnesium accounted for 79.0% of the mineral composition of the honey dessert. The obtained indicators indicated the high quality of the honey dessert, as well as the expediency of its use in health and functional human nutrition. According to the determined indicators, the honey dessert contains 25 to 50 percent of the daily norm of necessary nutrients for human consumption. The practical value of the performed work is the use of research results for the development of human diets, production of new food products, and for the in-depth study of the impact of honey desserts on the human body.