{"id":179632,"date":"2023-03-28T08:51:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T06:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tapasmagazine.es\/?p=179632"},"modified":"2023-03-28T08:50:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T06:50:39","slug":"study-says-fake-honey-been-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tapasmagazine.es\/en\/study-says-fake-honey-been-sold\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it honey you’ve been sold? Study says it might not be"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Honey is one of the most beneficial natural products for our organism, due to all the nutrients it contains. That is, as long as it is 100% natural honey. A recent investigation, led by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC), has revealed that 46% of imported honey samples – randomly analysed between November 2021 and February 2022 – are part of a massive fraud, as they were adulterated with sugar syrups made from rice, wheat or sugar beet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

European regulations are supposed to prohibit the addition of any substance. But judging from the samples analysed, it could be argued that almost half of the honey imported into Europe is “fake”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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