author(s)
Razieh Almasi and S Basavarajappa

abstract
Honey is one of the insect products, produced by different species of honeybees using nectar and pollen from different flowers. Honey shows greater variation in its physical property and chemical composition. India has immense potential for the production of different type of honey in the wild as well as from beekeepers in apiary. Locally available different honey are lacking scientific information on physico-chemical parameters, hence present study was conducted by following the standard methods. The pH, electrical conductivity, specific gravity, absorbance and turbidity in Clover, Jamun, Lychee, Coorg and natural honey exhibited significant variation (F=29.36; P>0.05) excepting the specific gravity. Moreover, the fructose, glucose, total protein, minerals and moisture content revealed significant difference (F=83.59; P>0.05) between Clover, Jamun, Lychee, Coorg and natural honey. Further, Calcium, Chromium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium and Zinc concentration varied significantly (F=4.81; P>0.05) between these honey samples. All these results clearly indicated that Clover, Jamun, Lychee, Coorg and natural honey are characterized by specific physical property and chemical composition which is depended on geographical location, floral type and honey harvest cum processing methods at wild or domesticated conditions. Hence, locally available honey with different brand names is dissimilar, but with appropriate physical property and chemical composition, which is on par with the international standards and safe for human consumption in southern Karnataka, India.