Table 1.

Physicochemical results of the honey samples obtained from the three study areas.

Study Area	Honey  Sample	Moisture content (%)	HMF (mg/kg)	Diastase activity  (Schade units)	Free acidity  (meq/kg)	Electrical conductivity (mS/cm)
West Pokot	1	15.70	19.00	8.90	18.50	0.30
	2	15.80	19.30	9.60	18.50	0.31
	3	15.80	27.30	8.80	17.00	0.26
	4	15.80	26.80	8.60	17.00	0.26
	5	15.80	23.30	12.50	18.50	0.28
	6	15.80	23.10	9.90	18.50	0.28
	7	16.90	44.00	17.50	20.00	0.44
	Mean±SE	15.94±0.42 a	26.11±8.52 a	10.83±3.23 a	18.29±1.04 a	0.30±0.06 a
Baringo	8	15.00	11.00	12.60	25.50	0.56
	9	14.20	23.90	9.50	25.50	0.54
	10	17.40	28.90	9.30	28.50	0.44
	11	17.40	28.90	11.70	29.00	0.44
	12	17.40	28.40	10.60	29.00	0.44
	13	15.70	22.60	13.60	29.00	0.59
	14	16.00	15.00	12.40	22.00	0.42
	Mean±SE	16.16±1.29 a	22.67±7.15 a	11.39±1.63 a	26.93±2.70 b	0.49±0.07 b
Kitui	15	17.10	17.10	8.60	24.00	0.38
	16	16.80	11.30	14.50	25.00	0.44
	17	16.60	35.50	7.50	20.50	0.39
	18	17.40	11.80	16.20	29.00	0.52
	19	16.70	11.80	12.20	25.00	0.45
	20	16.70	36.60	6.80	20.00	0.38
	21	17.20	120.00∗	2.70	22.00	0.35
	Mean±SE	16.93±0.30 a	20.68±12.10 a	9.79±4.74 a	23.64±3.12 b	0.42±0.06 b
P value		0.081	0.575	0.683	0.004	0.001

Means with same letters within a column are not significantly different (P<0.05).

∗= The HMF value was not used in determining Mean and statistical differences for the honey sample parameter values since it is an outlier.