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Quality of five kinds of honey, from acacia, bush clover, chestnut, rape and polyflower sources, were evaluated by physicochemical methods in respect to some chemical constituents. The average values for the tested honeys were: moisture, 19.5%; fructose, 33.74%; glucose. 35.03%; sucrose, 4.67%; hydroxymethylfurfural, 6.17㎎/㎏; total nitrogen, 0.027%; proline, 23.67㎎%; lactone, 4.09meq/㎏; free acidity, 11.37meq/㎏; and total acidity, 15.46meq/㎏.
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