Chemical analysis of carbohydrates and neonicotenoid residue in honey collected from nearby districts of U.S. Nagar

Abstract

In the recent years the growing demand for contaminant-free honey has increased the interest in the analysis part of its carbohydrate content and pesticide residue in order to ensure its quality. Thus present study was aimed to analyse the carbohydrate content and imidacloprid residue in the different honey samples collected from ten different locations in the district Udham Singh Nagar during 2015-16. Significantly higher carbohydrate contents viz. fructose, glucose, sucrose & maltose were observed in the sample collected from Dineshpur. Fructose per cent of honey samples was found ranging between 29.24 – 41.19%, Glucose per cent 21.78 -35.69%, Sucrose per cent 4.85 -17.93% and Maltose per cent 2.37%. Moreover all the samples were found to be free from Imidacloprid residue when analysed with HPLC technique. Thus it was concluded that Dineshpur is producing comparatively high quality honey whereas in the absence of imidacloprid residue in all honey samples, revealed that these are safe to consume.