What is fake honey?
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Australia has been rocked this week by reports that many products labelled as honey are actually fake or “adulterated” honey.
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Author
Emma Beckett
Postdoctoral Fellow (Human Molecular Nutrition), School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
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Emma Beckett is a member of the following: The Nutrition Society of Australia, the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology, the EMCR Forum Executive, and the International Society for Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics. She is an NHMRC Early Career Fellow.
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