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Re: HMF
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Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:05:07 -0000
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Erik:

> 5-HMF (5-hydroxymethylfurfural) is a thermal decomposition product of 
> fructose - one of the two primary sugars in honey.

That was what I had always understood.  So it is not a Maillard reaction?
Best wishes 

Peter Edwards
beekeepers at stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk
www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/ 

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