Ciekawostka: Honey is the only food that does not spoil

Evidence: 73 • authority: 92

Mixed Fermentation Using <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> var. <i>boulardii</i> and Kombucha Culture as a Strategy for the Production of Mead with Antimicrobial Activity.. This study evaluated the antimicrobial activity of meads produced by mixed fermentation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii and a kombucha culture, using eucalyptus- and rosemary-monofloral honeys. Antimicrobial activity was investigated in vitro against pathogenic bacteria ( Escherichia coli , Salmonella enterica , Listeria innocua , Staphylococcus aureus , and Bacillus cereus ) and spoilage yeasts, over 28 days of storage. All tested matrices were autoclaved at 121 °C for 15 min before anti…

Evidence: 59 • authority: 92

Bee products: safety measures and new technologies to secure their daily consumption. Honey‐bee products offer a broad spectrum of uses in food applications. Bee products, are regarded as excellent sources of high‐quality nutrients, coming directly from nature with no need for artificial additives. This notion, in addition to their functional properties, makes them idealsuper foods or sources of supplements with beneficial effects on human health. This review covers the quality and safety aspects of daily usage of bee products, in addition to addressing the hazardous contaminants that may occur in bee products. Extensive studies on the applications of bee products in food preservation repor…

Evidence: 59 • authority: 72

A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect from the genus Apis of the largest bee family, Apidae. Honey bees are known for their construction of perennial nests within cavities (i.e. beehives) containing hexagonal cells made of secreted wax, their large colony sizes, and their routine regurgitation of digested carbohydrates as surplus food storage in the form of honey, the lattermost of which distinguishes their hives as a prized foraging target of many mellivorous animals including honey badgers, bears and human hunter-gatherers. Although honey bees represent only a small fraction of the roughly 20,000 known species of bees, they are the bee clade most familiar to huma…

Evidence: — • authority: 35