{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/honey-scotland-regulations-2015/schedule/part-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/honey-scotland-regulations-2015/schedule/part-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/208",
  "legislation_title": "The Honey (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/honey-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/part/2",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Detailed compositional criteria",
  "text": "Criteria\nAmount\nSugar content\n1.—(1) Fructose and glucose content (sum of both)—\n(a) blossom honey\nnot less than 60g/100g\n(b) honeydew honey and a blend of honeydew honey with blossom honey\nnot less than 45g/100g\n(2) Sucrose content—\n(a) all honey except for honey to which paragraph (b) or (c) applies\nnot more than 5g/100g\n(b) false acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia) honey, alfalfa (Medicago sativa) honey, Menzies Banksia (Banksia menziesii) honey, French honeysuckle (Hedysarum) honey, red gum (Eucalyptus camadulensis) honey, leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida, Eucryphia milliganii) honey, Citrus spp. honey\nnot more than 10g/100g\n(c) lavender (Lavandula spp.) honey, borage (Borago officinalis) honey\nnot more than 15g/100g\nMoisture content\n2. Moisture content—\n(a) all honey except for honey to which paragraph (b), (c) or (d) applies\nnot more than 20%\n(b) honey from heather (Calluna)\nnot more than 23%\n(c) baker's honey except for baker's honey from heather (Calluna)\nnot more than 23%\n(d) baker's honey from heather (Calluna)\nnot more than 25%\nWater-insoluble content\n3. Water-insoluble content—\n(a) all honey except pressed honey\nnot more than 0.1g/100g\n(b) pressed honey\nnot more than 0.5g/100g\nElectrical conductivity\n4. Electrical conductivity—\n(a) all honey except for bell heather (Erica) honey, chestnut honey, eucalyptus honey, honeydew honey, lime (Tilia spp.) honey, ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) honey, manuka or jelly bush (Leptospermum) honey, strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) honey and tea tree (Melaleuca spp.) honey\nnot more than 0.8mS/cm\n(b) blends of honeys to which paragraph (a) applies\nnot more than 0.8mS/cm\n(c) honeydew honey\nnot less than 0.8mS/cm\n(d) blends of honeydew honey except blends of that honey with bell heather (Erica) honey, eucalyptus honey, lime (Tilia spp.) honey, ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) honey, manuka or jelly bush (Leptospermum) honey, strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) honey and tea tree (Melaleuca spp.) honey\nnot less than 0.8mS/cm\n(e) chestnut honey\nnot less than 0.8mS/cm\n(f) blends of chestnut honey except blends of that honey with bell heather (Erica) honey, eucalyptus honey, lime (Tilia spp.) honey, ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) honey, manuka or jelly bush (Leptospermum) honey, strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) honey and tea tree (Melaleuca spp.) honey\nnot less than 0.8mS/cm\nFree acid\n5. Free acid—\n(a) all honey except for baker's honey\nnot more than 50 milli-equivalents acid per 1,000 grams\n(b) baker's honey\nnot more than 80 milli-equivalents acid per 1,000 grams\nDiastase activity and hydroxymethylfurfural content\n6. Diastase activity and hydroxymethylfurfural content (HMF) determined after processing and blending—\n(a) diastase activity (Schade scale)—\n(i) all honey except baker's honey and honey to which sub-paragraph (ii) applies\nnot less than 8\n(ii) honey with a low natural enzyme content (e.g. citrus honey) and an HMF content of not more than 15mg/kg\nnot less than 3\n(b) HMF—\n(i) all honey except baker's honey and honey to which sub-paragraph (ii) applies\nnot more than 40mg/kg\n(ii) honey of a declared origin from a region with a tropical climate and blends of these honeys\nnot more than 80mg/kg",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/208/schedule/part/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:29:12.012571+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}