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Static Water Vapor Sorption Properties of Honey Cover

Static Water Vapor Sorption Properties of Honey

By: Kubra Arslan and  Mahir Turhan  
Open Access
|Dec 2022

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1

The effect of aw on the time of visible yeast formation (tYF) (a) and the corresponding moisture content (MCYF) (b) in pine honey (PH) and citrus honey (CH).
The effect of aw on the time of visible yeast formation (tYF) (a) and the corresponding moisture content (MCYF) (b) in pine honey (PH) and citrus honey (CH).

Fig. 2

Sorption isotherm (SI) of pine honey (PH) (a) and citrus honey (CH) (b) and the fit of GAB Eq. (Eq. 2) to them.
Sorption isotherm (SI) of pine honey (PH) (a) and citrus honey (CH) (b) and the fit of GAB Eq. (Eq. 2) to them.

Fig. 3

Desorption part (a) and adsorption part (b) of sorption isotherm (SI) of pine honey (PH) and citrus honey (CH).
Desorption part (a) and adsorption part (b) of sorption isotherm (SI) of pine honey (PH) and citrus honey (CH).

Fig. 4

Effect of moisture content (EMC) on net heat of sorption (Qs) for pine honey (PH) and citrus honey (CH).
Effect of moisture content (EMC) on net heat of sorption (Qs) for pine honey (PH) and citrus honey (CH).

Analyzes of pine honey (PH) and citrus honey (CH)*

PHCH
Color (mm)63.08.0
Moisture (%)16.618.1
HMF (mg/kg)1.47.0
Acidity (meq. g/kg)13.25.0
pH4.73.9
Proline (mg/kg)436325
Conductivity (mS/cm)1.080.15
Diastase Number (DN)15.65.0
Fructose (%)32.537.6
Glucose (%)26.430.4
Fructose/Glucose1.231.24
Fructose+Glucose (%)58.968.0
Sucrose (%)0.03.1
Maltose (%)2.61.9
Turanose (%)1.91.3
Erlose (%)1.41.9
Isomaltose (%)1.80.3
Maltotriose (%)00
Melezitose00
Total Disaccharide (%)9.47.5
Higher Sugars (%)8.71.5
C13 Honey (δ C13 ‰)−24.5−25.2
C13 Protein (δ C13 ‰)−24.7−24.9
C13 Difference(δ C13 ‰)−0.20.3
C4 Sugar (%)1.30
Naphthalene (ppb)ODLODL
Sulfonamid group (ppb)ODLODL
Tetracycline group (ppb)ODLODL
Strepto group (ppb)ODLODL
Fluoroquinolone group (ppb)ODLODL
Macrolide group (ppb)ODLODL
Chloramphenicol group (ppb)ODLODL
Nitrofuran group (ppb)ODLODL
Starch/Pollen (%)1.81.3
Polen (%)Dense38

Constants of GAB equation (C, k, m0), indicators for its fitting performance (R2, RE, DE) and mean net sorption energy in the monolayer (Qs, mono) and multilayer (Qs, multi) water region for the static sorption of honey

Pine1Citrus1Clover2Colza3
aw-range0.1–0.90.1–0.90.3–0.80.2–0.9
C2.964.734.645.29
k0.98810.99360.98610.8356
m0, % db9.9310.6310.6210.26
aw <=> m00.35–0.400.30–0.350.30–0.350.35–0.40
R20.98710.98600.99240.9906
RE* (%)4.734.330.518.30
DE*RandomRandomRandomRandom
Qs, mono, kJ/kg211239235239
Qs, multi, kJ/kg84113111116
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2022-0010 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
Language: English
Page range: 121 - 132
Submitted on: Nov 19, 2021
Accepted on: Oct 13, 2022
Published on: Dec 27, 2022
Published by: Research Institute of Horticulture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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