Table 1.
Physicochemical results of “Terra Quente” honeys from the three harvests.
| Harvest (Year) | Parameters | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moisture (%) | Electrical Conductivity(mS·cm−1) | Ash (%) | HMF(mg·kg−1) | Diastase activity(Gothe Scale) | pH | Free acidity(meq·kg−1) | Reducing sugars (%) | Apparent sucrose (%) | ||
| First (2009) | 15.94 ± 0.70 a(14.50–17.21) | 0.25 ± 0.07 b(0.13–0.36) | 0.12 ± 0.06 b(0.02–0.21) | 2.41 ± 1.45 b(1.31–7.02) | 14.04 ± 3.51 b(10.06–25.00) | 3.58 ± 0.14 a(3.32–3.81) | 25.58 ± 6.12 a(13.94–33.63) | 69.75 ± 4.19 a(63.71–76.89) | 4.59 ± 1.51 a(2.60–7.53) | |
| Second (2010) | 16.28 ± 0.46 a(15.40–17.02) | 0.23 ± 0.06 b(0.15–0.36) | 0.10 ± 0.05 b(0.03–0.21) | 4.39 ± 2.64 a(2.63–13.84) | 15.09 ± 1.29 ab(13.59–19.17) | 3.25 ± 0.26 b(2.93–4.12) | 25.16 ± 5.69 a(15.12–38.22) | 66.96 ± 2.91 b(62.52–74.11) | 4.73 ± 1.61 a(2.44–8.12) | |
| Third (2011) | 16.37 ± 0.70 a(15.41–18.11) | 0.29 ± 0.04 a(0.26–0.36) | 0.15 ± 0.03 a(0.12–0.21) | 3.61 ± 1.24 ab(1.71–7.28) | 16.95 ± 2.26 a(11.99–19.10) | 3.28 ± 0.25 b(2.97–3.64) | 28.28 ± 3.93 a(21.52–36.80) | 65.59 ± 2.08 b(60.21–68.57) | 4.54 ± 1.28 a(2.34–7.36) | |
| p-value | 0.082 | 0.006 | <0.001 | 0.006 | 0.002 | <0.001 | 0.143 | <0.001 | 0.914 | |
Results are given as the mean ± standard deviation (min–max values). The letters (a,b) represents which honeys are different by Tukey test with significance of α = 0.05.