Abstract
This study characterized fifteen blossom honeys collected from eleven locations in the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) provinces of Pakistan. Mean values for physicochemical parameters (i.e., moisture, water activity, free acidity, pH, electric conductivity, diastase activity, total acidity, ash, total protein, hydroxymethylfurfural, fructose, glucose, sucrose, maltose, raffinose, reducing sugars, total sugars, and fructose/glucose ratio) were 18.09%, 0.57, 13.52 mEq kg(-1), 4.27, 414.41 mu S cm(-1), 10.56 DN, 26.80 mEq kg(-1), 0.15%, 313.30 mg 100 g(-1), 15.39 mg kg(-1), 35.49%, 30.77%, 4.41%, 2.12%, 0.11%, 66.25%, 72.88%, and 1.16, respectively. The sucrose content was slightly high in three honeys. In general, all of the remaining honey samples met the criteria for international honey standards.