Food Category Details

Honey (11.5)

Description:
Honey is the natural sweet substance produced by honeybees from the nectar of blossoms or secretions of plants. The honeybees collect the nectar or secretions, transform it by combination with specific substances of the bees’ own, and store it in a honeycomb to ripen and mature.¹ Examples of honey include wildflower honey and clover honey.

This page provides information on the food additive provisions that are acceptable for use in foods conforming to the food category.

This food category is listed in the Annex to Table 3. Unless specifically indicated below, food additive provisions implied by Table 3 do not automatically apply to this category.

No provisions found for food category 11.5.