Flores House of Honey

Flores House of Honey FLORES HOUSE OF HONEY offers
PURE, RAW and NATURAL honey.

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17/06/2025

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Following are private messages. I chose to make them public for awareness. Let's answer them:

Q1."Good Evening po Sir Lee.
Ano po kya ang nang yari sa honey ng Pukyutan na nabili ng isang consumer after na ilagay sa Refrigerator nag karoon ng parang kulay taho sa loob.ng bote Na tiinikman ko po ai na mumuong sugar pla. Granules po ba yun parang ganuom."

Q2 "2nd case nmn from other consumer here in Tagkawayan who buy pukyutan honey from a hunter. Iba na po yung lasa and may smell na hindi po ka ayaaya yung honey"

On Q1

Q: Bakit po nag-granulate ang honey ng pukyutan kahit mataas ang moisture content?

A: Normally, honey with high moisture content (like that of Apis dorsata/breviligula) tends not to crystallize quickly but it still can under specific conditions.

Granulation (o crystallization) is mostly driven by:

✅ High glucose-to-fructose ratio – Apis breviligula honey, depending on floral source, may still have a high glucose percentage despite its watery nature. Glucose crystallizes more easily.

✅ Cool storage – Pag nilagay sa refrigerator, lalong bumibilis ang granulation. Cold temperatures slow down the movement of sugars and encourage crystal formation. Kaya nagmumukhang “taho” o parang may namuong asukal.

✅ Presence of fine particles – Pollen, wax traces, or air bubbles act as “seeds” where crystals start forming. If raw or unfiltered honey ito from wild harvest, mas madali pa rin itong mag-crystallize.

✅ Natural variation in wild honey - Dahil hindi ito standardized (unlike commercial honey), iba-iba ang behavior. Kahit mataas ang moisture, pwedeng mag-crystallize kung mataas ang glucose or madumi ang handling.

🟠 Important note: Granulation does not mean fake or spoiled honey. It’s a natural process and reversible. Just warm the bottle (below 40°C) to return it to liquid form but do not microwave it directly to preserve enzymes

On Q2

Q: Bakit po may kakaibang amoy at lasa ang pukyutan honey na nabili mula sa hunter? Hindi po kaaya-aya.

A:Posibleng ang off-smell at off-taste ng honey ay dahil sa hindi tamang pagkuha at pagproseso nito. Isa sa pinaka-karaniwang dahilan ay ang:

⚠️ Pagsasama ng brood (itim na itlog o larva) sa honey.

Kapag ang pugad ay dinurog at piniga para kunin ang honey (common sa hunting method), madalas ay nasasama ang mga brood cells, larva, pollen, at minsan pati bangkay ng mga bubuyog. Ito ay naglalabas ng:

* 🐛 Malansang amoy (mula sa protina ng larvae o fermented brood)
* 🦠 Maasim o bulok na lasa (dahil sa simula ng fermentation)
* 🤢 “Mapanghi” na aftertaste mula sa protein breakdown

Bukod dito, hindi sterile ang proseso ng mga honey hunters, kaya posibleng may kontaminasyon din mula sa mga gamit o mismong kamay.

✅ Kaya mahalagang kumuha lang ng honey mula sa maayos na beekeeper na gumagamit ng hygienic na extraction method. Ang malinis na pukyutan honey ay dapat:

* May natural na floral aroma
* May kaunting fermented kick pero hindi bulok
* Walang latak ng brood o larva

Now you Know.

11/06/2025

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09/09/2024
13/06/2022



Peke ba o tunay ang honey na nabili mo?

Ayon sa isang pag-aaral ng Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI), karamihan sa mga lokal na brand ng honey ang napag-alamang adulterated honey pala o may halong asukal.

Sa Phase 1 ng Food Authenticity and Traceability Program ng ahensiya, 75% hanggang 86% ng mga brand na nakasaad sa product label na pure honey ito ay fake honey pala o may halo nang sugar syrup.

Sa nuclear-based tests naman, lumabas na 62 sa 76 local honey brands na mabibili online o sa mga pamilihan ay may 95% C4 sugar syrup.

Full story: https://bit.ly/3xCyQpT

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21/01/2021

: When sealed in an airtight container, honey is one of the few foods known to have an eternal shelf life. Honey’s longevity can be explained by its chemical makeup: The substance is naturally acidic and low in moisture, making it an inhospitable environment for bacteria.

09/01/2021
21/12/2020
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12/12/2020

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"62 out of the 76 (82%) 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 completely purely sugar syrup," said DOST-PNRIDr. Angel T. Bautista VII.

Dr. Bautista explained the extent to which impure honey proliferated the Philippine market. According to him, 12 out of 16 or 75% of local honey brands sold either in groceries or souvenir shops are not entirely honey. In addition, a staggering 87% or 64 out of 74 local honey products sold online are impure. Lastly, from 41 imported honey products marketed in local stores, none of them were found to be adulterated.

Read more: https://www.dost.gov.ph/knowledge-resources/news/67-2020-news/2072-sweet-but-not-pure-dost-study-shows-80-of-honey-sold-in-markets-contain-sugar-syrup.html

01/12/2020

TODAY'S SCIENCE TRIVIA: You've probably heard about how honey has an eternal shelf life and never expires. Thanks to its chemical composition, this is (almost always) true.

Honey has three things going for it that stop it from going bad over time. For starters, honey is a sugar, which means it's hygroscopic. It only retains a tiny amount of water (less than 20%).

Additionally, honey has a an average pH of about 3.9. A pH of 0 indicates high acidity, while a pH close to 7 indicates neutrality. (For comparison, lemon juice has an average pH of 2.3, while Florida oranges have an average pH of around 4.) This is largely because of the acids produced by bees' enzymes (specifically, glucose oxidase) as they break down the collected nectar in their honey stomachs (which are different from their normal stomachs).

Last but not the least, the aforementioned bee enzymes produce hydrogen peroxide, which can stop anything that tries to grow in the honey dead in its tracks. In fact, some folks use honey on wounds because of its natural antibacterial properties.

Those three factors make honey a low-moisture, high-acidity environment, preventing decomposing agents such as fungi and bacteria from surviving in it.

However, if the honey is stored in a container that's not airtight and left in a humid environment (or exposed to water), its hygroscopic property will make it absorb moisture, increasing the possibility that it will spoil. Also, it can get contaminated by spores of the neurotoxin 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘮, making it dangerous for infants under the age of one.

Still, as long as you seal it well and store it in a dry place, you can confidently make a sticky snack for your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandkids (or some intrepid archaeologist from the year 3000 with a sense of adventure inversely proportional to their sense of self-preservation) to enjoy. Pretty sweet, isn't it?

References:
[1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-science-behind-honeys-eternal-shelf-life-1218690/
[2] https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/08/21/chemistryofhoney/
[3] https://www.honeybeesuite.com/how-acid-is-honey/
[4]https://www.clemson.edu/extension/food/food2market/documents/ph_of_common_foods.pdf
[5] https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/does-honey-go-bad
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