Idaho Admin. Code r. 02.06.16.015 - STANDARDS OF IDENTITY - HONEY

Honey sold as such shall not have added to it any food additives, nor any other additions be made other than honey. It shall not have begun to ferment or effervesce and no pollen or constituent unique to honey may be removed except where unavoidable in the removal of foreign matter. (3-31-22)

01. Treatments. Chemical or biochemical treatments shall not be used to influence honey crystallization. (3-31-22)

02. Moisture Content. Honey shall not have a moisture content exceeding twenty-three percent (23%). (3-31-22)

03. Sugars Content. (3-31-22)

a. The ratio of fructose to glucose shall be greater than zero point nine (0.9). (3-31-22)

b. Fructose and glucose (Sum of Both) shall not be less than 60g/100g. (3-31-22)

c. Sucrose content for honey not listed below shall not be more than 5g/100g. (3-31-22)

i. Honey from Alfalfa (Medicago sativa), Citrus spp., False Acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia), French Honeysuckle (Hedysarum), Menzies Banksia (Banksia menziesii), Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), Leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida), and Eucryphia milligani shall have sucrose levels not to exceed 10g/100g. (3-31-22)

ii. Honey from Lavender (Lavandula spp.) and Borage (Borago officinalis) shall have sucrose levels not to exceed 15g/100g. (3-31-22)

04. Name of the Food. Products conforming to the standard of identity as adopted in this rule are designated "honey". Foods containing honey and any flavoring, spice, or other added ingredient or honey that is processed in such a way that materially changes the flavor, color, viscosity or other material characteristics of pure honey, shall be distinguished from honey in the food name by declaration of the food additive or modification. (3-31-22)

a. Honey may be designated according to floral or plant source if it comes predominately from that particular source and has the organoleptic and physicochemical properties corresponding with that origin. (3-31-22)

b. Where honey has been designated according to floral or plant source, as stated in Paragraph 015.04.a., then the common name or the botanical name of the floral source is used in conjunction with or joined with the word "honey". (3-31-22)

c. Honey may be designated according to the following styles, which style shall be declared on packaging: (3-31-22)

i. "Honey" - this is honey in liquid or crystalline state or a mixture of the two (2); (3-31-22)

ii. "Comb Honey" - this is honey stored by bees in the cells of freshly built brood-less combs and which is sold in sealed whole combs or sections of such combs. (3-31-22)

iii. "Cut Comb in Honey," "Honey with Comb," or "Chunk Honey" - this is honey containing one (1) or more pieces of comb honey. (3-31-22)

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Idaho Admin. Code r. 02.06.16.015