Physicochemical characteristics of stingless bee honey from UiTM Jengka / Uzma Jamil

The study analyses the physicochemical characteristics of stingless bee honey
from UiTM Jengka. Although the stingless bee species are similar, the factors
such as geographical origin and botanical may result in the production of honey
with different properties of pH value, ash content, total acidity and colour
intensity. The research provided more information of stingless bee honey
according to their species based on their physicochemical properties to determine
the beneficiary differences of the honey correspond to their species. Five stingless
bee honey samples from different species were used for the current study. The
analysis determined the physicochemical characteristics derived from
Heterotrigona itama, Heterotrigona erythrogastra, Trigona apicalis, Trigona
binghami and Trigona melanoleuca. From the analysis, the values for pH were
3.17±0.01 to 3.51±0.01, the ash content were 0.2732±0.01 to 0.4436±0.004
g/100g, the total acidity were 124.83±4.75 to 138.67±1.26 meq/kg, the colour
intensity were 0.2772±0.00 to 0.9044±0.01 and the moisture content were
23.1±0.12 to 28.8±0.12 %.