How To Check the Purity of honey


Method 1
  • Pour a half cup of honey slowly into another cup. Pure honey will spin clockwise as you pour it. This is a result of the assymetrical structure of honey molecules that give it a righthand bias.

Method 2

  • Get a lighter and a candle with a cotton wick. This test is better if you don't have as much honey to spare.
  • Dip the cotton wick of the candle into a bit of the honey, and shake off the excess.
  • Attempt to light the wick. If it burns, then it is completely pure honey. If it refuses to burn, then the presence of water is not allowing the wick to burn. (If there is only a very small amount of honey on the wick, though, it might still burn. It will produce a crackling sound, and it would be best to blow out the wick and try it again this time using more honey.)
Method 3

  • Test the water content in your honey. To do this, dip a length of your cotton wick into the honey. Hold one end to allow excess honey to slowly dribble off. Light your candle and then hold it to the soaked end of the cotton wick. If your honey is pure, it will contain minimal water content, and will burn; if it is impure, it will likely have a high water content and which will prevent it from burning. If the impure honey does burn, then you will hear it crackle.

Method 4
  • Get a glass of water.And a tablespoon of honey are all you need for the first test.
  • Empty the honey into the water. If the honey is impure, it will dissolve in the water- the most common additive to honey is syrup of jaggery, which dissolves. If it is pure, the honey will stick together and sink as a solid lump to the bottom of the glass.
  • This test can also be completed by mixing equal parts honey and methylated spirits (denatured alcohol). Pure honey will settle to the bottom. Impure honey is more likely to remain dissolved and make the solution milky.

Method 5
  • Pour a few drops of honey on blotting paper and observe whether or not it is absorbed. If it's absorbed, the honey's not pure.
  • If you don't have blotting paper, pour a little bit of honey on a white cloth, then wash the cloth. If there is any stain left by the honey, it is probably not pure.