Fakhlaei Rafieh, Selamat Jinap, Khatib Alfi, Razis Ahmad Faizal Abdull, Sukor Rashidah, Ahmad Syahida, Babadi Arman Amani
Food Safety and Food Integrity (FOSFI), Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia.
Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia.
Foods. 2020 Oct 26;9(11):1538. doi: 10.3390/foods9111538.
Honey is characterized as a natural and raw foodstuff that can be consumed not only as a sweetener but also as medicine due to its therapeutic impact on human health. It is prone to adulterants caused by humans that manipulate the quality of honey. Although honey consumption has remarkably increased in the last few years all around the world, the safety of honey is not assessed and monitored regularly. Since the number of consumers of honey adulteration have increased in recent years, their trust and interest in this valuable product has decreased. Honey adulterants are any substances that are added to the pure honey. In this regard, this paper provides a comprehensive and critical review of the different types of adulteration, common sugar adulterants and detection methods, and draws a clear perspective toward the impact of honey adulteration on human health. Adulteration increases the consumer's blood sugar, which can cause diabetes, abdominal weight gain, and obesity, raise the level of blood lipids and can cause high blood pressure. The most common organ affected by honey adulterants is the liver followed by the kidney, heart, and brain, as shown in several in vivo research designs.
蜂蜜被视为一种天然的生食，由于其对人体健康具有治疗作用，不仅可以作为甜味剂食用，还可当作药物使用。它容易受到人为掺假的影响，从而影响蜂蜜的质量。尽管近年来全球蜂蜜消费量显著增加，但蜂蜜的安全性并未得到定期评估和监测。由于近年来蜂蜜掺假的消费者数量有所增加，他们对这种珍贵产品的信任和兴趣也随之下降。蜂蜜掺假物是指添加到纯蜂蜜中的任何物质。在这方面，本文对不同类型的掺假、常见的糖类掺假物及检测方法进行了全面而批判性的综述，并对蜂蜜掺假对人体健康的影响给出了清晰的观点。掺假会使消费者的血糖升高，进而可能导致糖尿病、腹部体重增加和肥胖，还会提高血脂水平并可能引发高血压。如多项体内研究设计所示，受蜂蜜掺假物影响最常见的器官是肝脏，其次是肾脏、心脏和大脑。
