Honey

Also called Mel

Honey is a sweetener that can have a grainy texture and citrus, floral, fruity, grassy, or nutty aromas. Cooks use it in baking and fermentation, and to sweeten foods.

Category: Sugars & sweeteners
Texture: Grainy
Cooked most in: Africa, Europe, Asia
Top country: Morocco
Dishes: 11 in the catalogue
Energy: 304 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Hans · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use honey

Typical ways to cook or use it

Bake
Ferment
Sweeten

Preparing it

Warm crystallized honey to make it liquid again.

Cooking with it

Honey darkens and caramelizes with enough heat, and can eventually burn. Heat crystallized honey evenly to avoid caramelizing spots. Limit heating time and temperature to help preserve flavor and aroma.

Flavour

Taste and texture

Aroma

Citrus
Floral
Fruity
Green grassy
Nutty

Texture

Grainy

Shopping

Choosing and storing honey

Choosing a good one

Fresh honey in a jar should look uniform rather than separated into layers.

Nutrition

What 100 g of honey holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 0%Fat 0%Carbohydrate 100%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of honey
Energy	304 kcal · 1,272 kJ
Protein	0.3 g
Fat	0 g
of which saturated	0 g
Carbohydrate	82 g
of which sugars	82 g
Fibre	0.2 g
Sodium	4 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of honey: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	52 mg
Calcium	6 mg
Iron	0.42 mg
Magnesium	2 mg
Zinc	0.22 mg
Vitamin C	0.5 mg
Folate	2 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 169640), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where honey is cooked

11 dishes in the catalogue use honey. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list honey among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with honey

7 of the 11 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

Thiebou Yapp
Senegal
Pepernoot
Varena
Ukraine
Zhent
Central Asia
Mrouzia
Morocco
Chebakia
Tfaya
Morocco

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include honey.