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Question: What is the composition of honey? A. Water B. Sugar C. Minerals D. All of the above...

What is the composition of honey?
A. Water
B. Sugar
C. Minerals
D. All of the above

Explanation

Solution

Honey is produced by honey bees. Honey bees sucks the nectar from the flowers and change it into honey. Honey produced is stored in special cells of the beehive. It is sweet in taste and is highly nutritious.

Complete answer:
All of the above is the correct answer as honey is composed of water, sugar and minerals.
Honey is a sweet, viscous edible fluid which contains sugar, water, minerals, vitamins, amino acid, various enzymes and Pollen.
About 60 to 80 percent of honey constitutes water.
Honey contains about 20 to 40 percent of sugar in the form of dextrose, sucrose, dextrin, and levulose.
In honey, the mineral is present up to 0.22 to 0.30 percent. Calcium, iron, phosphate, and manganese are some of the important minerals that we get from honey. As it is rich in calcium and iron it helps in the growth of the human body.
Some vitamins are also present in honey-like Ascorbic acid, thiamine, niacin, riboflavin, biotin, etc.
The color, texture, flavour, and odour of honey depend on the flower from which nectar is gathered.
Honey is highly nutritious as we can get about 3200 calories from one kilogram of honey. It is an energy-rich food.

Note:
Honey has many medicinal values. It is used in the treatment of many human disorders like stomach and liver ailments, digestive problems, dysentery, etc.
It is used to cure cough, cold sore throat, ulcers of tongue, ulcers of stomach and intestine, etc.
It is also used as a blood purifier.