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3 DIY tests to determine the purity of honey.

Honey is an amazing alternative to refined sugar. It is very nutritious and have so many health benefits.To enjoy the benefits of honey you must consider its purity. Honey can be adulterated by the addition of other substances such as sugar syrup, corn syrup, glucose solution or starch. The biggest problem with honey is quality. Adulterated honey is very common in the open market. To find good, pure honey is very difficult. For this reason most people have lost hope in taking honey, I must say I once did.  However, all hope is not lost yet in taking pure honey as there are so many purity tests you can carry out personally on your purchased honey to determine if it's pure or have been mixed with something else. Most often, the adulterated honey can be very difficult to distinguish from pure honey so it is advisable to carry out different tests on your honey because one test can't fully determine the purity of the honey. These tests can be very confusing at times, dif...