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more on sugar make-up of honey:
Until the middle of this century, the sugars of honey were thought to be a simple mixture of dextrose, levulose, sucrose (table sugar), and an ill-defined carbohydrate material called "honey dextrin."
Dextrose and levulose are still by far the major sugars in honey, but 22 others have been found. All of these sugars are more complex than the monosaccharides, dextrose and levulose.
Most of these sugars do not occur in nectar, but are formed either as a result of enzymes added by the honeybee during the ripening of honey or by chemical action in the concentrated, somewhat acid sugar mixture we know as honey.
White, J. W., & Doner, L. W. (1980). Honey composition and properties. Agriculture handbook, 335, 82-91.
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