Whipped honey
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Whipped honey is a honey
that has been processed to control crystallization
. Whipped honey contains a large number of small crystals in the honey. The small crystals prevent the formation of larger crystals that can occur in unprocessed honey. The processing also produces a honey with a smooth spreadable consistency.
Whipped honey is also called Creamed Honey, Spun Honey, Churned Honey, Candied Honey, Honey Fondant and Set Honey (in the UK).
ed by Elton J. Dyce in 1935 . In this process, raw honey is first pasteurized
to kill any yeasts that may be present in the honey. After pasteurization, previously processed whipped honey is added to the pasteurized honey to produce a mixture of 10% whipped honey and 90% pasteurized honey. The mixture is then allowed to rest at a controlled temperature of 57 °F (14 °C). This method will produce a batch of whipped honey in about one week. A seed batch can be made by allowing normal honey to crystallize and crushing the crystals to the desired size.
Large scale producers have modified this process by using paddles to stir the honey mixture while holding the mixture at 57 °F.
Honey
Honey is a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers. The variety produced by honey bees is the one most commonly referred to and is the type of honey collected by beekeepers and consumed by humans...
that has been processed to control crystallization
Crystallization
Crystallization is the process of formation of solid crystals precipitating from a solution, melt or more rarely deposited directly from a gas. Crystallization is also a chemical solid–liquid separation technique, in which mass transfer of a solute from the liquid solution to a pure solid...
. Whipped honey contains a large number of small crystals in the honey. The small crystals prevent the formation of larger crystals that can occur in unprocessed honey. The processing also produces a honey with a smooth spreadable consistency.
Whipped honey is also called Creamed Honey, Spun Honey, Churned Honey, Candied Honey, Honey Fondant and Set Honey (in the UK).
Production methods
The first method for producing whipped honey was patentPatent
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ed by Elton J. Dyce in 1935 . In this process, raw honey is first pasteurized
Pasteurization
Pasteurization is a process of heating a food, usually liquid, to a specific temperature for a definite length of time, and then cooling it immediately. This process slows microbial growth in food...
to kill any yeasts that may be present in the honey. After pasteurization, previously processed whipped honey is added to the pasteurized honey to produce a mixture of 10% whipped honey and 90% pasteurized honey. The mixture is then allowed to rest at a controlled temperature of 57 °F (14 °C). This method will produce a batch of whipped honey in about one week. A seed batch can be made by allowing normal honey to crystallize and crushing the crystals to the desired size.
Large scale producers have modified this process by using paddles to stir the honey mixture while holding the mixture at 57 °F.