Calorie content of honey: how many kcal in spoons of different sizes

Honey is one of the most sought after and he althy natural sweets. The calorie value of honey should be taken into account when adding sweetness to a dietary or he alth-improving diet. The topic of he althy eating is becoming more and more relevant, both among the older generation and among young people. Therefore, when choosing a sweet, you need to pay attention to the variety (mono-floral or poly-floral), since the calorie content may differ.

Calorie content of honey per 100 grams of product

Nectar refers to high-calorie substances. Depending on the type of honey plants from which the bees collected pollen, the ratio of fructose and glucose in natural nectar changes.On average, honey contains 80% sugars, in which fructose and glucose account for 85-90%:

• The sweetness of fructose monosaccharide exceeds the sweetness of traditional sugar by 1.8 times. However, fructose is better absorbed by the body and has virtually no side effects;
• glucose is an organic monosaccharide that promotes the crystallization of a substance.

The ratio of fructose and glucose affects the quality parameters of honey. A product in which the amount of fructose predominates remains liquid for a long time. With a significant presence of glucose, the nectar quickly crystallizes.

Calorie content is an important characteristic of honey, which is determined by the origin and type of honey plants. On average, the caloric value of natural nectar is 320 kcal.

Calorie table of different varieties of honey

Some varieties of honey (monofloral) are obtained from the nectars of certain plants (linden, buckwheat, sunflower, acacia). Mixed polyfloral honey is also popular among lovers of a natural product - nectar obtained by bees during the processing of various plants. The varietal composition of sweetness determines the ratio of fructose and glucose. The number of kilocalories in the product depends on this parameter.

Maycherry, bird cherry, acacia, apricot, strawberry, black maple 331Limelinden322Mustardmustard309 Meadow forbs Acacia acacia335 Sunflower sunflower320Buckwheat buckwheat301Clover clover leuzea, bird cherry, lemon balm, radiola, oregano, rosehip clover, apple tree, mint, alfalfa , dandelion raspberry, hawthorn, strawberry, willow, pine

Honey variety	Honey plant set	Calorie content, kcal
dandelion, clover, oregano, sage	320
304		Mountain
328		Flower
314		Forest
308

When choosing honey, you need to take into account that in different regions the sets of melliferous plants will vary. Therefore, the calorie content of forest nectar collected by bees in the middle lane may differ from the parameters of the sweet substance collected by insects in the forest belts of the steppe regions.

How many calories in a teaspoon and a tablespoon without a slide

When adding sweetness to the diet or using in cooking, different types of spoons are often used as units of measurement. In this case, it must be taken into account that in recipes for desserts or pastries, the weight of the product is taken into account. And when compiling diets, the calorie content of a serving of sweets is also taken into account.

The consistency of honey can be different: liquid, creamy or crystallized. This quality directly affects the weight of the product (measured in spoons / grams) and the calorie content of the serving.

kcal 30 9940132Teahouse7-1023-3316 53Dessert154925 83

Measurement in spoons	Liquid product		Thick honey		weight, gr.
	weight, gr.	kcal		Dining Room	21	70

When using cutlery, you need to take into account that the product (thick or candied) should fill the container without a slide. Therefore, for cooking, it is easiest to use and measure the product in liquid form.

If the product has thickened or sugared, it is recommended to slightly heat the sweetness in a water bath until a liquid state is obtained and then measure it. It is important to remember that the sweetness can be heated to a temperature of 35-40 ° C.At higher temperatures (exceeding 55-60°C), biologically active substances that are beneficial to the human body are destroyed in the product and the nectar turns into a useless syrup.

Sometimes in cooking or for the preparation of a folk remedy, a significant portion of honey is required. If the product is candied, then it is advisable not to drown it in a water bath, but simply weigh it on a scale.

When compiling dietary or medical nutrition, experts often recommend using natural honey instead of sugar. Before following the advice, you need to make sure that you are not allergic to bee products. You also need to take into account that the product is consumed in strictly indicated doses, since exceeding the norm can cause liver disease or provoke the development of diabetes.

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