CHARACTERIZATION OF EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS HONEYS PRODUCED IN THE EUROSIBERIAN AREA OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

The characterization of thirty-one honey samples using melisopalynological and physicochemical characteristics as diastase activity, invertase activity, pH, moisture, electrical conductivity, hydroxymethylfurfural content, and color, as well as phenolic and flavonoid content, mineral composition, and sugar content was performed. All the samples were produced in the Eurosiberian area of the Iberian Peninsula. Relationships between certain pollen types and the selected physicochemical parameters have been found using a Spearman rank correlation analysis. The principal component analysis of data set was an important tool for the determination of the variables used to characterize this honey type.