# The Honey (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Part 2: Detailed compositional criteria


Criteria
Amount
Sugar content
1.—(1) Fructose and glucose content (sum of both)—
(a) blossom honey
not less than 60g/100g
(b) honeydew honey and a blend of honeydew honey with blossom honey
not less than 45g/100g
(2) Sucrose content—
(a) all honey except for honey to which paragraph (b) or (c) applies
not more than 5g/100g
(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
not more than 10g/100g
(c) lavender (Lavandula spp.) honey, borage (Borago officinalis) honey
not more than 15g/100g
Moisture content
2. Moisture content—
(a) all honey except for honey to which paragraph (b), (c) or (d) applies
not more than 20%
(b) honey from heather (Calluna)
not more than 23%
(c) baker's honey except for baker's honey from heather (Calluna)
not more than 23%
(d) baker's honey from heather (Calluna)
not more than 25%
Water-insoluble content
3. Water-insoluble content—
(a) all honey except pressed honey
not more than 0.1g/100g
(b) pressed honey
not more than 0.5g/100g
Electrical conductivity
4. Electrical conductivity—
(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
not more than 0.8mS/cm
(b) blends of honeys to which paragraph (a) applies
not more than 0.8mS/cm
(c) honeydew honey
not less than 0.8mS/cm
(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
not less than 0.8mS/cm
(e) chestnut honey
not less than 0.8mS/cm
(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
not less than 0.8mS/cm
Free acid
5. Free acid—
(a) all honey except for baker's honey
not more than 50 milli-equivalents acid per 1,000 grams
(b) baker's honey
not more than 80 milli-equivalents acid per 1,000 grams
Diastase activity and hydroxymethylfurfural content
6. Diastase activity and hydroxymethylfurfural content (HMF) determined after processing and blending—
(a) diastase activity (Schade scale)—
(i) all honey except baker's honey and honey to which sub-paragraph (ii) applies
not less than 8
(ii) honey with a low natural enzyme content (e.g. citrus honey) and an HMF content of not more than 15mg/kg
not less than 3
(b) HMF—
(i) all honey except baker's honey and honey to which sub-paragraph (ii) applies
not more than 40mg/kg
(ii) honey of a declared origin from a region with a tropical climate and blends of these honeys
not more than 80mg/kg

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/208/schedule/part/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/honey-scotland-regulations-2015/schedule/part-2
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