Honey
What is honey?
About the ingredient honey. Including 2,062 recipes with honey, nutrition data, where it's found, and video.
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About
The main uses of honey are in cooking, baking, as a spread on breads, and as an addition to various beverages such as tea and as a sweetener in some commercial beverages.
According to international food regulations, "honey stipulates a pure product that does not allow for the addition of any other substance...this includes, but is not limited to, water or other sweeteners". Honey barbecue and honey mustard are common and popular sauce flavours.
Honey is the main ingredient in the alcoholic beverage mead , which is also known as "honey wine" or "honey beer". Historically, the ferment for mead was honey's naturally occurring yeast. Honey is also used as an adjunct in beer
As with all nutritive sweeteners, honey is mostly sugars and contains only trace amounts of vitamins or minerals.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cup (339g)Where found
Honey is usually found in the baking supplies section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.
Food group
Honey is a member of the Sweets US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
How much does honey weigh?
| Measure | Grams |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 339 |
| 1 tbsp | 21 |
| 1 packet (0.5 oz) | 14 |
| In Chinese: | 蜂蜜 | |
| British (UK) term: | Honey | |
| en français: | miel | |
| en español: | miel |
Recipes using honey
There are 2062 recipes that contain this ingredient.
