Analyzing Honey Samples from EU

The analysed honey samples originated from the retail markets of seven EU countries (Eastern Europe–Poland and Slovakia; Southern Europe–Italy, France and Spain; Northern Europe–Scotland and England). In the case of the Polish samples, the honey was purchased from an industrial region of Poland (Malopolska) as well as a non-industrial one (Warmia and Mazury), the so-called “green lungs of Poland”. The sixteen types of honey collected for the study were as follows: heather, clover, wildflower, multiflorous, linden, rape, buckwheat, forest, honeydew, lemon and orange blossom, thyme, eucalyptus, chestnut, acacia and lavender. The honeys selected for the research were the most representative for each region as they are the most popular and the most purchased.