Interesting commentary. Some years ago we evaluated the effects of rising temperatures on the enzymatic components of unprocessed honey. Without boring the group with non-essential details I summarize our findings. No detectable damage up to 120 degrees F. Minor enzymatic instability of one component at approximately 125 degrees. Complete inactivation of one and partial instability of another enzyme by the time 130 degrees was encountered.
Major damage to all enzyme groups at 140 degrees. Complete inactivation of all enzyme groups manifested at 145 degrees F. These results were, almost, universally repeatable.
I hope these comments are of value to list members.
Sincerely, Brooks Bradley

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>Subject : CS>Honey Temperatures
>Date : Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:51:19 -0500
>From : Wayne Fugitt
>To : silver-list@eskimo.com
>
>Morning Dan,
>
>>You know, I kind of wonder about this.
>>Heating honey may deactivate some enzymes and so on and make it
>>ineffective for certain things.
>
> I just called my beekeeper to verify his heating temperature.
>He said he sets the control on 110 deg and it reaches 115 max.
>
>He has 27 hives on my property.
>
>His processing plant looks like it is ready for a USDA inspection at any time.
>You could eat off the floor. It is amazingly clean.
>
>He has many barrels of honey. A friend asked him how long the honey
>would keep.
>
>He replied, ........ 3000 years.
>
>Wayne
>
>
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