Honey is a natural food with a sweet taste and contains simple sugars that can be absorbed by the body without being digested. Honey is a honey bee that uses a tongue straw to absorb nectar from the flower organs and nectaries of plants. After bringing it back to the beehive, the nectar is spit into the hive from the nectar sac, and then repeatedly inhaled and spit out by the bee, mixed with the invertase secreted by the honey sac. The nectar is stored in the nest. Under the action of enzymes, the polysaccharides in the nectar are decomposed into glucose and fructose, the water content is reduced to about 20%, and mature honey is basically formed. People can use the centrifugal action of the honey shaker to obtain the finished raw honey. From the perspective of food science, Honey is a plant food.
Royal jelly, also known as royal jelly, bee jelly, royal jelly, etc., is secreted by the maxillary glands and tongue glands of 6-16-day-old worker bees, and is used to feed the queen bee and larvae. , astringent, spicy taste, rich in decenoic acid, nucleic acid, protein, vitamins, trace elements and other nutrients, has the effect of enhancing immunity, anti-fatigue and improving sleep on the human body.
The difference between honey and royal jelly lies in their nutritional value. The nutritional value of royal jelly is dozens of times higher than that of honey, and royal jelly can only be used by the queen bee. Of course, the prices of honey and royal jelly are not at the same level. superior.
Fresh royal jelly must be kept frozen. The purpose of cryopreservation is mainly to preserve the active ingredients in royal jelly. The active ingredient in fresh royal jelly is an important component of royal jelly, and it is also the mechanism of the magical function of royal jelly. If not frozen, these substances will quickly inactivate and ferment. Royal jelly can be stored frozen at about -5°C for 1 year; at -18°C, it can be stored for more than 2 years. Fresh royal jelly loses its activity after 6 hours at room temperature. Therefore, after consumers buy royal jelly, they can store the royal jelly that they need to take every day for about a week in the refrigerator, and those who do not take it should be stored in the freezer layer of the refrigerator. There is no freezing condition, and those that need to be stored at room temperature can be stored by mixing royal jelly with honey. Because honey itself is a sugar substance, and the concentration is high, it can inhibit the reproduction of bacteria, and there are substances in honey that can inhibit the reproduction of bacteria, so honey is the most ideal material for storing royal jelly. In addition, taking royal jelly mixed with honey has a more significant effect than taking royal jelly alone. However, the honey must have a certain concentration to preserve royal jelly. Usually 5% is appropriate, that is, 5g of royal jelly is mixed with 95g of honey evenly, and high-quality pure honey with high concentration must be used. This royal jelly honey liquid can be stored indoors for 3 months. Temperature, air and sunlight have a great influence on the quality of royal jelly, so royal jelly should be stored under low temperature, dark and airtight conditions.
