Honey
honey, blossom honey, nectar honey, honeydew honey, comb honey, filtered honey, baker's honey
What it is
A natural sweet substance produced by honey bees from plant nectar or other plant secretions or excretions that bees collect, transform, dehydrate, store and mature in honeycombs.
Why BOTIA flags it
BOTIA flags honey because it is produced by bees and the sugars naturally present in honey are classified by WHO as free sugars.
BOTIA CAN
- Identify honey and common declared honey types when they appear in the ingredient list.
- Trigger the animal-origin and sugar information layers.
BOTIA CANNOT
- Determine the botanical or geographical origin of the honey unless it is explicitly stated on the label.
- Calculate the product's total free-sugar content or predict a health effect from the presence of honey alone.