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Table 3 Reducing and non-reducing sugar content of Malaysian honey samples

From: Physicochemical and antioxidant properties of Malaysian honeys produced by Apis cerana, Apis dorsata and Apis mellifera

Sample

Total sugar content (g/100 g honey)

Reducing sugar (g/100 g honey)

Apparent sucrose (g/100 g honey)

mean ± SD

mean ± SD

mean ± SD

Acacia (A. mellifera)

68.40 ± 0.80a

63.89 ± 0.25a

4.51 ± 1.05a

Pineapple (A. mellifera)

63.33 ± 0.92b

61.17 ± 0.17b

2.17 ± 0.94b

Borneo (A. cerana)

66.80 ± 0.80a

63.06 ± 0.54a

3.74 ± 1.03a

Tualang (A. dorsata)

63.60 ± 0.80b

61.94 ± 0.75b

1.66 ± 0.73b

Mean ± SD

65.53 ± 2.48

62.51 ± 1.20

3.02 ± 1.33

  1. Means were compared using a one way ANOVA with post hoc multiple comparisons. In each column, values with different letters (superscripts) indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).