Ghorab Asma, Rodríguez-Flores María Shantal, Nakib Rifka, Escuredo Olga, Haderbache Latifa, Bekdouche Farid, Seijo María Carmen
Laboratoire d'Ecologie et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université A. Mira de Bejaia, Bejaia 06000, Algeria.
Department of Vegetal Biology and Soil Sciences, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade de Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain.
Foods. 2021 Jan 22;10(2):225. doi: 10.3390/foods10020225.
This study aimed to characterize the honeys of Babors Kabylia through sensory, melissopalynological and physico-chemical parameters. Thirty samples of honey produced in this region were collected over a period of two years and analyzed. All the samples presented physico-chemical parameters in conformity with legislation on honey quality, with few exceptions, linked mainly to beekeeping management. The pollen spectrum revealed a great diversity with 96 pollen types. The main pollen types were spontaneous species as Fabaceae (, , Genisteae plants), Asteraceae plants, Ericaceae ( L.) or and . The sensory properties of samples showed a high tendency to crystallization, the colors were from white to brown, but most of them had gold color. Smell and odor corresponded mainly to vegetal and fruity families and in taste perceptions besides sweetness highlighted sourness and saltiness notes. Seventeen samples were polyfloral, one was from honeydew and twelve were monofloral from heather, genista plants, sulla, blackberry or Asteraceae. Heather and the honeydew samples showed the darkest color, the highest electrical conductivity and phenol and flavonoid content. A statistical analysis based on the most representative pollen types, sensory properties and some physico-chemical components allowed the differentiation of honey samples in terms of botanical origin.
本研究旨在通过感官、蜂蜜孢粉学和理化参数对巴伯尔斯卡比利亚地区的蜂蜜进行特性描述。在两年时间里收集了该地区生产的30份蜂蜜样本并进行分析。除少数主要与养蜂管理有关的例外情况外，所有样本的理化参数均符合蜂蜜质量法规。花粉谱显示出96种花粉类型的高度多样性。主要花粉类型为自发物种，如豆科（、、染料木属植物）、菊科植物、杜鹃花科（ L.）或 和 。样本的感官特性显示出较高的结晶倾向，颜色从白色到棕色，但大多数为金色。气味主要对应于植物和水果类，在口感方面，除了甜味外还突出了酸味和咸味。17个样本为多花蜂蜜，1个为甘露蜜，12个为来自石南、染料木属植物、 sulla、黑莓或菊科的单花蜂蜜。石南和甘露蜜样本颜色最深，电导率、酚类和黄酮类含量最高。基于最具代表性的花粉类型、感官特性和一些理化成分的统计分析能够根据植物来源区分蜂蜜样本。
