Elazığ Geven Balı

GIGeographical indications outside the EUOfficial register entry: Elazığ Geven Balı · 1226 ↗

A blossom honey mainly from milkvetches (Turkish ‘geven’), with other mountain flowers such as thyme and the carrot family. It is clear, in shades of yellow, and thick but runny; it is sold extracted and as comb.

Origin

Elazığ Province, Eastern Anatolia (Turkey)

Colour

34 mm · white

Taste

sweet, without a burn in the throat

Crystallization

slow

Season

June – August

Plant

Astragalus spp. (geven) and other flowers · milkvetch →

Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical of the variety, not a measurement of one jar. Where a source describes the colour only in words (such as ‘light amber’), we convert it to the middle of the matching band of the Pfund scale, so the figure is approximate. The season follows the sources or, failing that, the flowering time of the plant in that area.

It gained protected designation of origin status in 2022; milkvetch should account for at least 45% of the pollen in the honey.