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QUALIDADE DE MÉIS DE ABELHAS NATIVAS SEM FERRÃO DO ESTADO DO PIAUÍ, BRASIL

2013; Sociedade de Medicina Veterinária do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Volume: 35; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

2527-2179

Aline Marques Monte, Maria Liliane Ximendes Azevedo, Francisco das Chagas Cardoso Filho, Aline Maria Dourado Rodrigues, Sinevaldo Gonçalves de Moura, Maria Christina Sanches Muratori,

Agricultural and Food Sciences

ABSTRAT. Monte A.M., Azevedo M.L.X., Cardoso Filho F. das C., Rodrigues A.M.D., de Moura S.G. & Muratori M.C.S. [Quality of honey from stingless bees native of Piaui, Brazil]. Qualidade de meis de abelhas nativas sem ferrao do Estado do Piaui, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinaria, 35(1):48-54, 2013. Pos-Graduacao em Ciencia Animal, Centro de Ciencias Agrarias da Ininga, Universidade Federal do Piaui, Campus do Socopo, Teresina, PI 64039-550, Brasil. E-mail: montealine@yahoo.com.br It is known that honey and other bee products have the image of natural products, healthy and clean. This work aims to generate information on the quality of honey. During the project were collected 21 samples of honey from three groups of native bees. Was performed to determine the physico-chemical and microbiological. As for the color of honey, the samples showed a color ranging from white and dark amber, the values obtained for moisture in honey ranged from 25.1 to 26.4%, the mean level of acidity of the samples was found above the ceiling current legislation, the result of HMF ranged from 35.8 to 55.0, the average pH ranged from 2.51 to 3.69. The honey samples had water activity ranging between 0.65 and 0.69. The fungal count ranged from 1.77 to 2.26 CFU / g log 10 in any of the honey samples analyzed was verified the presence of coliform organisms or Salmonella spp. Most physicochemical parameters obtained in the honey samples showed values suitable for human consumption, so as to hygienic and sanitary quality, which enables the exploration of the product by the creators of Piaui.