Honey crystallization is a normal physical phenomenon of natural honey and has no effect on quality.
To understand this problem in depth, we must first understand the crystallization of honey and the influencing factors of honey crystallization.
The crystallization of honey is essentially a phenomenon and process in which glucose is precipitated and separated from honey. In honey, glucose molecules are originally moving in an disorderly manner, but when glucose in honey exceeds its solubility and becomes a supersaturated solution, some glucose molecules begin to move and arrange regularly in honey, forming a tiny crystalline nucleus, becoming the center of a crystal, and more glucose molecules are regularly arranged on all sides of it, gradually forming larger crystals, separated from honey, which is honey crystallization.
In fact, honey crystallization is to be carried out under certain temperature conditions, most of the honey is most likely to crystallize at 13-14 ° C, if it is lower than this temperature, the viscosity of honey will be greatly improved, and the speed of honey crystallization will become slower. The crystallization of honey is a natural physical phenomenon, there are fast and slow, and can not be artificially interfered with.
It is particularly important to note that honey crystallization varies depending on the type of honey. For example, jujube nectar, acacia honey is not easy to crystallize honey species, the crystallization speed is very slow, because the fructose content of these two honeys is high, but according to my observations for many years, when the temperature is particularly low, especially the continuous low temperature will also have crystallization, and because of the annual weather, in the year of poor harvest, such as the acacia flowering period and the jujube flowering period, the bees may also collect the honey of other flower species to come back and cause the crystallization to become early, so it is particularly important to note that the honey that is not easy to crystallize does not mean that it does not crystallize. As long as the conditions are suitable, there will be crystallization. Like rape honey is easy to crystallize, it has been observed that rape honey is crystallized after a few days, because rape honey is a honey species with a particularly high glucose content in honey, and it is also the fastest crystallizing honey species.
Honey crystallization is actually caused by glucose in honey, which mainly depends on the ratio between glucose and fructose (not easy to crystallize) in honey, that is, the percentage of glucose to reducing sugar. In general, when the glucose and fructose content are equal to 1:1 crystallization is slow; when the ratio is 1:2, generally no crystallization occurs; when the ratio is 1:0.9, that is, when the glucose content is higher than the fructose content, crystallization occurs quickly when the temperature is suitable, and the ratio of glucose to fructose is about 2:3, it is not easy to crystallize; rape honey is about 18:17 The speed of crystallization is very fast.
So honey crystallization also depends on the type of honey, different types of honey crystallization speed is different, sometimes even the same kind of honey in different stages, different conditions crystallization speed will be different, some crystallization more, some less crystallization, some began to crystallize, some have not how to crystallize, honey crystallization has a process, it takes a certain amount of time, it is also a natural phenomenon, has no impact on quality.
So to sum up, put honey into the refrigerator, the temperature is too low, but the crystallization time is prolonged, this is the need to correct, and the variety of honey is not easy to crystallize, some honey crystallization is a longer process, need to distinguish, not put in the refrigerator for a few days will crystallize, honey crystallization and water ice required temperature is not the same, this is a special need to pay attention to and distinguish.
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