Table 4 Moisture and total soluble sugar content in fresh honey samples.

From: Exploring the nutritional composition and quality parameters of natural honey from diverse melliferous flora

Sample name

Reading Moisture

Correction factors

Net moisture

Mean (%) Moisture

Quality classes

Reading Total soluble solid (Sugar)

Mean (%) Sugar

Sugar content (g/100 g) (Fructose + glucose) %

(g/100 g) Sucrose

Quality Classes

Ghoriwala

R1 = 20

1.20

18.8

18.9

B

R1 = 80.2

80.23

77.47

2.76

B

R2 = 20.3

1.1

19.2

R2 = 80.4

R3 = 19.9

1.2

18.7

R3 = 80.11

Shamsi khel

R1 = 19.6

1.2

18.4

18.5

B

R1 = 80.8

80.61

77.82

2.79

B

R2 = 19.5

1.1

18.4

R2 = 80.7

R3 = 19.8

1.1

18.7

R3 = 80.3

Nar jafar

R1 = 19.2

1.1

18.1

18.2

B

R1 = 80.9

80.96

78.16

2.80

B

R2 = 19.3

1.2

18.1

R2 = 81.2

R3 = 19.5

1.1

18.4

R3 = 80.8

Jando khel

R1 = 18.00

1.2

16.8

16.9

A + 

R1 = 81.9

82.3

79.79

2.51

A + 

R2 = 18.05

1.1

16.9

R2 = 82.4

R3 = 18.1

1.1

17.00

R3 = 82.6

Khajori

R1 = 18.00

1.2

16.8

16.8

A + 

R1 = 82.9

82.46

79.96

2.50

A + 

R2 = 18.01

1.1

16.91

R2 = 82.4

R3 = 18.00

1.1

16.9

R3 = 82.1

Hakim Barat

R1 = 18.9

1.08

17.8

17.5

A

R1 = 82.4

82.2

79.61

2.59

A + 

R2 = 18.8

1.07

17.7

R2 = 82.2

R3 = 18.3

1.08

17.22

R3 = 82.00

Ismail khel

R1 = 20.1

1.2

18.9

18.9

B

R1 = 80.02

80.00

77.14

2.86

B

R2 = 20.01

1.1

18.91

R2 = 79.9

R3 = 20.1

1.1

19.00

R3 = 80.1

Kakki

R1 = 18.1

1.1

17.00

16.96

A + 

R1 = 82.7

82.4

79.87

2.53

A + 

R2 = 18.01

1.01

17.00

R2 = 82.4

R3 = 18.1

1.2

16.9

R3 = 82.1

Mamash khel

R1 = 17.7

1.2

16.5

16.5

A + 

R1 = 82.7

82.56

80.06

2.50

A + 

R2 = 18.0

1.1

16.9

R2 = 82.6

R3 = 17.2

1.1

16.1

R3 = 82.4

Link Road

R1 = 19.8

1.2

18.6

18.66

B

R1 = 81.01

81.07

78.18

2.89

B

R2 = 19.9

1.1

18.8

R2 = 81.1

R3 = 19.7

1.1

18.6

R3 = 81.1

Ghani khel

R1 = 18.2

1.1

17.1

17.23

A

R1 = 82.1

82.26

79.68

2.58

A + 

R2 = 18.4

1.2

17.2

R2 = 82.2

R3 = 18.5

1.1

17.4

R3 = 82.5

Sadrone

R1 = 19.5

1.2

18.3

18.3

B

R1 = 81.00

81.1

78.28

2.82

B

R2 = 19.4

1.1

18.3

R2 = 81.2

R3 = 19.5

1.1

18.4

R3 = 81.1

Spina Tangai

R1 = 18.00

1.1

16.9

16.9

A + 

R1 = 82.7

82.56

80.02

2.54

A + 

R2 = 18.1

1.2

16.9

R2 = 82.6

R3 = 18.3

1.2

17.1

R3 = 82.4

Dodi khel

R1 = 19.5

1.1

18.4

18.4

B

R1 = 80.9

80.6

77.69

2.91

A + 

R2 = 19.4

1.1

18.3

R2 = 80.4

R3 = 19.7

1.2

18.5

R3 = 80.5

Pato Khel

R1 = 19.2

1.1

18.1

18.00

B

R1 = 81.1

81.13

78.16

2.94

B

R2 = 19.1

1.1

18.00

R2 = 81.2

R3 = 19.1

1.2

17.9

R3 = 81.1

Serki khel

R1 = 21.1

1.1

20.00

20.03

C

R1 = 78.3

78.23

74.8

3.43

C

R2 = 21.2

1.1

20.10

R2 = 78.1

R3 = 21.1

1.1

20.00

R3 = 78.3

Saiydi Khel

R1 = 19.1

1.1

18.00

17.83

A

R1 = 82.00

82.03

79.42

2.61

A

R2 = 18.9

1.2

17.7

R2 = 82.1

R3 = 18.9

1.1

17.8

R3 = 82.00

Landiwa

R1 = 22.10

1.2

20.9

21.1

C

R1 = 78.9

78.5

74.94

3.56

C

R2 = 22.02

1.1

20.9

R2 = 78.4

R3 = 22.6

1.1

21.5

R3 = 78.3

Gandi chawk

R1 = 20.2

1.1

19.1

19.00

B

R1 = 80.6

80.43

77.56

2.87

B

R2 = 19.9

1.1

18.8

R2 = 80.5

R3 = 20.1

1.0

19.1

R3 = 80.2

Sarain Naurang

R1 = 20.5

1.1

19.4

19.33

C

R1 = 80.2

80.2

77.08

3.12

C

R2 = 20.4

1.1

19.3

R2 = 80.3

R3 = 20.5

1.1

19.4

R3 = 80.1

Gambila

R1 = 20.5

1.1

19.4

19.2

C

R1 = 80.2

80.20

76.88

3.32

C

R2 = 20.1

1.2

18.9

R2 = 80.00

R3 = 20.4

1.1

19.3

R3 = 80.4

Tajori

R1 = 18.1

1.2

16.9

16.6

A + 

R1 = 82.3

82.3

79.77

2.53

A + 

R2 = 18.1

1.11

16.9

R2 = 82.4

R3 = 18.00

1.2

16.8

R3 = 82.2

Ghazni Khel

R1 = 19.8

1.2

18.6

18.4

B

R1 = 82.00

82.2

79.24

2.96

B

R2 = 19.6

1.1

18.5

R2 = 82.4

R3 = 19.4

1.2

18.2

R3 = 82.2

 

Derra Pezu

R1 = 22.00

1.2

20.8

20.8

C

R1 = 79.00

78.9

75.22

3.68

C

R2 = 22.05

1.1

20.9

R2 = 78.9

R3 = 22.06

1.2

20.8

R3 = 78.9

Aba khel

R1 = 20.4

1.15

19.25

19.11

C

R1 = 80.4

80.46

76.57

3.89

C

R2 = 20.2

1.1

19.10

R2 = 80.6

R3 = 20.1

1.1

19.00

R3 = 80.4

Derra tang

R1 = 18.5

1.1

17.4

17.26

A

R1 = 81.8

81.7

78.99

2.71

A

R2 = 18.4

1.2

17.2

R2 = 81.7

R3 = 18.3

1.1

17.2

R3 = 81.6

Shadi khel

R1 = 19.00

1.1

17.9

17.9

A

R1 = 81.6

81.5

78.77

2.73

A

R2 = 19.1

1.2

17.9

R2 = 81.5

R3 = 19.1

1.1

18.00

R3 = 81.4

Wara tarai

R1 = 18.00

1.1

16.9

16.9

A + 

R1 = 82.8

82.56

80.01

2.55

A + 

R2 = 18.10

1.2

16.9

R2 = 82.6

R3 = 18.2

1.2

17.00

R3 = 82.3

Masti Khel

R1 = 18.6

1.2

17.4

17.33

A

R1 = 82.1

82.2

79.51

2.69

A

R2 = 18.4

1.1

17.3

R2 = 82.4

R3 = 18.5

1.2

17.3

R3 = 82.1

Wargari

R1 = 20.1

1.1

19.00

18.9

B

R1 = 80.5

80.4

77.42

2.98

B

R2 = 20.2

1.2

19.00

R2 = 80.6

R3 = 20.1

1.2

18.9

R3 = 80.1

Farid khel

R1 = 20.00

1.1

18.9

18.9

B

R1 = 80.4

80.4

77.53

2.87

B

R2 = 20.2

1.2

19.00

R2 = 80.5

R3 = 20.1

1.2

18.9

R3 = 80.3

Azad khel

R1 = 20.5

1.2

19.3

19.4

C

R1 = 80.1

80.06

76.35

3.71

C

R2 = 20.6

1.1

18.5

R2 = 80.2

R3 = 20.5

1.1

19.4

R3 = 79.9

Tajbi khel

R1 = 18.00

1.1

16.9

16.9

A + 

R1 = 82.3

82.27

79.68

2.59

A + 

R2 = 18.1

1.2

16.9

R2 = 82.12

R3 = 18.2

1.2

17

R3 = 82.4

Hussain khel

R1 = 18.5

1.2

17.3

17.36

B

R1 = 82.1

82.27

79.41

2.86

B

R2 = 18.4

1.1

17.3

R2 = 82.3

R3 = 18.5

1.1

17.4

R3 = 82.13

Ghaza khel

R1 = 21.5

1.1

20.4

20.5

C

R1 = 79.3

79.16

75.37

3.79

C

R2 = 21.7

1.1

20.6

R2 = 79.00

R3 = 21.7

1.2

20.5

R3 = 79.2

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