Zagorski bagremov med
Robinia pseudoacacia
PDOProtected designation of origin
A Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) acacia honey from the Hrvatsko zagorje hills north of Zagreb. Like all acacia honey, it is very pale and stays liquid for a long time.
- Origin
- Hrvatsko zagorje, Croatia
- Colour
- 10 mm · extra white
- Taste
- delicately sweet, floral, no bitterness
- Crystallization
- very slow
- Plant
- Robinia pseudoacacia · robinia (false acacia) →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
It gained EU protection in March 2022 at the request of beekeepers from Krapina-Zagorje County.
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Sources
- Persano Oddo L., Piro R. (2004): Main European unifloral honeys: descriptive sheets. Apidologie 35, S38–S81.
- total-croatia-news.com/news/made-in-croatia/zagorski-strukli
- en.hrturizam.hr/zagorski-bagremov-med-i-zagorski-strukli-dva-nova-hrvatska-proizvoda-