Why does honey crystallize
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This post was last edited by zjp on 2015-9-2 10:46. Why does honey crystallize? Honey crystallization is determined by the components of honey. Therefore, it is first necessary to understand the basic components of honey. Honey contains various nutritional substances; sugars account for about 80% of its total composition, with fructose and glucose in a supersaturated solution making up 85-95% of the total sugar content, while sucrose accounts for around 5%. Due to glucose’s tendency to crystallize, honey that has been separated undergoes a gradual crystallization of glucose when stored at low temperatures (0–14 degrees Celsius) for an extended period of time. Thus, the crystallization of honey is actually caused by glucose present in it; this depends mainly on the ratio between glucose and fructose (which does not crystallize easily), that is, the percentage of glucose among the total reducing sugars. Generally, when the levels of glucose and fructose are equal at a 1:1 ratio, crystallization occurs slowly; when the ratio is 1:2, crystallization generally does not take place; when the ratio is 1:0.9, that is, when the level of glucose is higher than that of fructose, crystallization occurs rapidly at appropriate temperatures. For example, if the ratio of glucose to fructose in locust flower honey is around 2:3, it does not crystallize easily; whereas in rapeseed honey, the ratio is about 18:17, resulting in rapid crystallization.
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This post was last edited by ylb913 on 2015-9-1 at 19:56. The reply via mobile phone didn’t work, so I clicked to reply several times; it wasn’t intentional. Please have the moderator delete the extra replies. “Using the tool labeled “Delete posts you have posted”, whether on a phone or a computer, I tried for ages but it didn’t work at all.
It’s suggested to delete it; it’s meaningless. The question has already been answered, and it’s from another website anyway,,,
It tends to crystallize when kept in the fridge, but it’s fine if left outside
Fake honey also crystallizes easily:):):):):)
These posts transferred online are basically garbage.