Morning Charles,
And a very good mornin to you, Wayne... :)
I just called my beekeeper to verify his heating temperature.
He said he sets the control on 110 deg and it reaches 115 max.
Which is enough to kill the vast majority of the active enzymes,
which substantiates what I said - most beekeepers heat their honey,
which is why you must check it out yourself.
Is this your opinion, or is it based on some article, document,
your own test, or hear say evidence?
Some article/studies I've read (but do not have a reference number for
you handy, so not much better than hearsay/anecdotal at this point), and
a little common sense...
Everything I have read indicates different numbers than those you
referenced.
After all, that is only a few degrees from body temperature.
True, but think about it - those few degrees mean the difference between
life and death. If your internal body temperature rises very much above
106 degrees, death can result. If temperatures this high can kill a
person, I think it is safe to say they cannot be too good for most other
protein based substances (which is all enzymes are).
Regardless, it all depends on what specific enzymes/biological entities
- some are hardier than others (can take higher temps for longer periods
of time)
Heck, the outside air temperature gets that hot at times.
>
So, ........ honey that comes from very hot places already has all
the enzymes ruined ? ?
Not at all - which is again why local is best. Honey that is produced in
areas where the temps reach that level consistently, will undoubtedly
consist of enzymes that are able to withstand those temps.
I am definitely not claiming infallibility, but everything I have ready
says that 110-115 degrees is the point at which enzymes start being
deactivated/destroyed, but I am definitely open to learning this is wrong.
I will close with, I have noticed *myself* a big difference between some
local honey I got that had obviously been heated (was very fluid at room
temp), and truly raw honey, on a couple of burns that I experienced.
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