Honey Color Portable Photometer Hanna®

Photometer analyzer of the color of honey by direct measurement in mmPfund, characterized by an immediate and reliable determination, which is also portable and is therefore usable in the field.

The colour of honey is a compositional factor that is almost exclusively linked to its botanical origin. Thus, when a honey is said to be rosemary or orange blossom, it is expected to have an extremely light colour.

On the other side of the scale, when it is stated that a honey is heather or oak honeydew, its colour must be quite dark, almost black in the latter case. Therefore, when packaging a monoflower honey, it is necessary to be sure that they are within the commercially accepted range for that honey. In this case this measure is delimited by commercial practice, but the Honey Standard says that its floral origin may be mentioned on the label: "... if the product comes wholly or mostly from the indicated origin and if it possesses the organoleptic, physico-chemical and microscopic characteristics of that origin". And among those features is the color (see table at the bottom of the page).