Buckwheat honey
Fagopyrum esculentum
Very dark, almost black honey from the small white flowers of buckwheat.
- Origin
- Poland, Russia, Ukraine, USA
- Colour
- 120 mm · dark amber
- Taste
- strong, malty, molasses-like
- Crystallization
- fast
- Plant
- Fagopyrum esculentum · buckwheat →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
It is one of the darkest blossom honeys; dark honeys contain more phenolic compounds than light ones.
More honeys
Metcalfa honeydew honeynorthern Italy (Veneto), throughout Italy
Oak honeydew honeycentral Italy (Lazio, Marche, Umbria, Tuscany), Spain (Extremadura)
Podkarpacki miód spadziowySubcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland
Miód spadziowy z Beskidu WyspowegoBeskid Wyspowy (Island Beskids), southern Poland
Goranski medunGorski kotar and the Ogulin and Plaški valleys, Croatia
Mel da Serra da LousãSerra da Lousã, central Portugal
Mel de BarrosoBarroso (Montalegre, Boticas), northern Portugal
Mel das Terras Altas do MinhoMinho highlands, north-western Portugal
Sources
- National Honey Board: Honey Varietals (honey.com).
- Gheldof N., Wang X.-H., Engeseth N. J. (2002): Identification and quantification of antioxidant components of honeys from various floral sources. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 50, 5870–5877.
- vetuni.cz/files/2340_59_ATLAS.pdf