I'm not sure why anyone would worry about trace amounts of oxalic acid in honey.


See Wikipedia.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalic_acid

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Oxalic acid - Wikipedia<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalic_acid>
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Oxalic acid is an organic compound with the formula C 2 H 2 O 4. It is a colorless crystalline solid that forms a colorless solution in water. Its condensed formula ...


OA is actually already present in trace amounts in our cells since oxalate is one of the intermediates of the Krebs cycle. The main health concern with excessive OA is kidney damage and joint pain, but that would take a LOT of OA, much more than we'd find in honey I should think!


There is nothing but carbon, oxygen and hydrogen in OA, so it cannot leave any toxic heavy metals nor can TRACE amounts cause any bad oxidation problems.  There should never be a large amount of OA in honey, but as a simple approach just to be sure one could titrate the acid strength of honey and then pull any honey that has excessive acidity for further testing.


I'm not a chemist but this seems pretty simple to me.


Christina

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