Table 1 Nutritional composition of honey*
From: Nutraceutical values of natural honey and its contribution to human health and wealth
| Â | Blossom honey | Honeydew honey | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Range | Mean | Range | Mean | |
Water | 15 – 20 | 17.2 | 15 – 20 | 16.3 |
Total sugars | Â | 79.7 | Â | 80.5 |
  Monosaccharides |  |  |  |  |
  fructose | 30 – 45 | 38.2 | 28 – 40 | 31.8 |
  glucose | 24 – 40 | 31.3 | 19 – 32 | 26.1 |
  Disaccharides |  |  |  |  |
  sucrose | 0.1 – 4.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 – 4.7 | 0.5 |
  others | 2.0 – 8.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 – 6.0 | 4.0 |
  Trisaccharides |  |  |  |  |
  oligosaccharides |  | 3.1 |  | 10.1 |
  erlose | 0.5 – 6.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 – 6.0 | 0.1 |
  melezitose |  | < 0.1 | 0.3 – 22 | 4.0 |
  others | 0.5 – 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 – 6.0 | 3.0 |
Minerals | 0.1 – 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 – 2.0 | 0.9 |
Amino acids, proteins | 0.2 – 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 – 0.7 | 0.6 |
Acids | 0.2 – 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 – 1.5 | 1.1 |
pH value | 3.2 – 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.5 – 6.5 | 5.2 |