Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Definition

Honey is sweet and viscous fliud produced by honeybees, and derived from the nectar of flowers
Honey gets its sweetness from the monosaccharides fructose and glucose.
It has the approximately the same sweetness as granulated sugar.
Micro organisms do not grow in honey because its relative low water activity, However it is important to note that honey contains dormant endospores of the bacterium clostridium botulinum which can be dangrous to infants as the endospores can transform to toxins-producing bacteria in the infant's immature intestinal tract, leading to illness and even death.
This learn us a lot as even the honey is very useful to humans but in some situations it may be harmful o even cause death to infants.
To me this information is new and very important to all of us to be carful with the infants.

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