Honey is a unique healing treat created by nature itself. There are many varieties of this product, differing among themselves by honey carrier, taste, aroma and, of course, color. The most popular shades of such a sweetness range from golden to dark brown. However, honey is also found in white.
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The color of honey depends on the plant, the nectar of which the bees collected to create their product. White honey is usually obtained from the flowers of raspberries, rapeseed, ivan tea, white acacia and white clover, clover, cotton, linden. Moreover, this product acquires a white color only after crystallization. The hue of freshly baked honey from these plants ranges from light golden to light brown.
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The rarest of the white types of honey is raspberry. Since raspberries bloom for a relatively short time, beekeepers rarely manage to collect a large amount of such a product. Raspberry honey is one of the most useful, it is an excellent remedy for colds and flu.
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Rapeseed honey has a rather sugary taste, but it has a calming effect and strengthens the immune system. It quickly sugars, unlike other types of honey, and as a result becomes white. In sweet clover honey, which has a mild vanilla flavor, the process of natural crystallization is much slower.
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Alfalfa honey, which has a pleasant aroma and specific taste, is also considered very useful. Freshly rolled product is light amber in color, and after crystallization it acquires a white tint and creamy consistency. It contains about 40% levulosis and 30% glucose.
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Of course, bees rarely use pollen from a single species of plants, so honey of a pure white color does not exist in nature. The natural product will always have a creamy tint, with a slight admixture of yellow or brown. And also a lard-like or waxy consistency, since during the crystallization process it becomes quite dense. If honey is similar to sour cream, then various additives are present in its composition.
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Natural white honey can be consumed without concern, since sugaring is a natural process of this product. Even in crystallized form, it retains all the beneficial substances. And if you need to use it for baking, this product can be easily melted in a water bath. But when it can not be brought to a boil.
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Sometimes honey of any shade that has just begun to crystallize is made white by prolonged whipping. In this case, it acquires a more delicate creamy consistency. Such a product can often be found in stores in Europe and America. Whipped honey is also sold in Russia. However, in its manufacture, unscrupulous manufacturers often add various additives to it, helping to strengthen its taste and increase its volume. Therefore, this product should be bought only from those whom you fully trust.