AOAC C4 Sugar Tests: The Final Frontier?

October 2018, Author: Karyne Rogers, National Isotope Centre GNS Science and Terry Braggins, Analytica Laboratories

Recent honey adulteration scandals in Australia around addition of C3 rice and beet syrups used to stretch honey yields remind us that the honey industry is only as good as its lowest common denominator. If we play the game well, we all win. If some of us go ‘rogue’, then the entire industry will suffer. It only takes a few rotten apples