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Honey is a very nutritious food, but to benefit from its benefits it must be pure. Most of the industrial honeys they sell in supermarkets are actually mixtures of honey with sugar and other ingredients – here’s how to tell if the honey is pure or fake .Obviously, the first thing to do is to read the label carefully, trying to find out if any additives or other substances appear among the ingredients, such as natural sweeteners that are added to change the flavor.The only ingredient listed on the package should be pure honey . However, it may happen that the label is not entirely clear, and to know whether the honey is pure or not, certain methods can be applied.
The thumb test
Put a small amount of honey on your thumb and see if it starts to spread over the rest of the finger or if it falls off. If this happens, the honey is not pure.
Pure honey does not move and remains intact.
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