Royal jelly is a kind of honey, but the nutritional value and taste of royal jelly are higher than that of ordinary honey. Moreover, royal jelly production is rare, which is more precious. Good things always have bad businesses to fake, royal jelly is no exception, so the editor will teach you a few ways to identify the true and false royal jelly.
Is royal jelly fake
The royal jelly sold on the market is likely to be faked because it is rare.
Royal jelly has rich nutritional value but unique taste. It is not as sweet as honey, so the direct fake of royal jelly should not be very common, but many health products under the name of royal jelly do not contain royal jelly. There are many royal jelly products on the market, such as royal jelly oral liquid, royal jelly lozenges and so on. These products extract the core nutrients of royal jelly. The filtered part is the filtered royal jelly, and its nutrient content is not much. It may lead to being used by illegal traders, disguised as pure royal jelly for sale, making innocent consumers suffer fraud and economic losses. Therefore, when buying royal jelly, consumers must carefully identify royal jelly to avoid buying filtered royal jelly and inferior royal jelly.
Royal jelly is indeed rich in nutritional value, but you must pay attention to the selection when you buy it. Royal jelly is very suitable for the whole family to eat. Children and royal jelly in school can effectively improve their energy, so it is easier to focus on learning. And royal jelly can also supplement the vitamins lost by children's learning. Royal jelly is an effective way for women to drink at home. It has a very good effect on the delicate and regeneration of women's skin. The male in the home drinks royal jelly to be able to let oneself energetic, also can very good alleviate to the mental tension situation. The old people at home can drink royal jelly to strengthen their physical strength and improve their immunity.
Identification method of royal jelly
At first glance
Royal jelly is milky white or light yellow, not easy to flow, glossy, without bubbles, uniform up and down, dark and gray color, too thick, too thin and too thick, and some of the jelly may be fake in bubble state. In addition, the royal jelly mixed with dextrin and synthetic pulp essence is inserted into the pulp with chopsticks, and the silk body is formed after being pulled out, which is viscous; pure royal jelly is not easy to form silk body.
Two smell
The high-quality royal jelly has a unique clear fragrance and a gentle and light smell. If there is a mixed smell of rotten fermentation, it is fake royal jelly. If it is too sweet, it may be mixed with honey or sugar. If it is not astringent enough, it may be mixed with fake.
Three taste
A little royal jelly mixed with honey and sucrose is put on the surface of the tongue to taste, which is obviously sweet. It can also be used to determine the amount of sugar content by chemical method to identify whether there are low-grade sugar compounds mixed. The normal royal jelly contains 20% reducing sugar, but the sweetness is not very high. The high quality royal jelly can only feel the sour, astringent and spicy taste, and the aftertaste is slightly sweet. The products with low quality will have residues at the entrance.
Four kneading
Mixed with pollen balls and corn flour royal jelly, you can feel hard lumps when you knead them by hand. Put these particles on a glass piece, bake them on an alcohol lamp, and they will not melt. This indicates that there are similar pollen balls and corn flour substances mixed. In addition, a little royal jelly can be placed in the palm of the hand, and gently rubbed with the fingers of the other hand, which should have a delicate and sticky feeling. If the royal jelly is cooled, small crystal particles can also be found.