The Honey Money
Khalid Bashir Gura
Hectic and labour intense, beekeeping in Kashmir gives good returns as well.KL Image:Bilal Bhadur
At a time when people are finding ways to boost immunity against Covid-19, especially in winters, honey is in demand. But the question that haunts consumers most is how pure is it, especially the corporate honey. People want to be sure that they are not consuming sugar.
The recent report of adulteration by India’s leading honey brands to maximise profits have made people sceptical. Brands that made negative news include Dabur, Patanjali, Baidyanath, and Zandu after Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) investigation revealed that out of 13 brands tested, only three passed the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) test. The testing was carried out in a German lab, perhaps one of the few that has the capacity to offer exact details about the composition of a product at a molecular level.