| Parameter |
Adamawa |
Bauchi |
Borno |
Gombe |
Taraba |
Yobe |
| Fructose (g/100g) |
38.58 ± 0.57 |
39.02 ± 0.82 |
39.21 ± 1.27 |
39.06 ± 1.13 |
38.60 ± 1.27 |
39.15 ± 0.86 |
| Glucose (g/100g) |
31.27 ± 6.30 |
31.81 ± 6.74 |
33.36 ± 1.99 |
30.27 ± 1.37 |
31.81 ± 1.11 |
31.37 ± 1.79 |
| Fructose + Glucose (g/100g) |
69.85 ± 2.18 |
70.83 ± 7.14 |
72.57 ± 1.86 |
69.34 ± 2.35 |
70.41 ± 1.27 |
70.53 ± 1.13 |
| Reducing sugar (g/100g) |
75.83 ± 9.36 |
75.26 ± 13.71 |
72.85 ± 4.75 |
69.56 ± 0.99 |
69.83 ± 3.82 |
71.05 ± 2.63 |
| Sucrose (g/100g) |
1.62a ± 0.40 |
2.57b ± 0.26 |
1.01a ± 0.42 |
2.54b ± 0.97 |
1.01a ± 0.33 |
2.46b ± 0.27 |
| Fructose/Glucose Ratio |
1.23 ± 0.05 |
1.26 ± 0.23 |
1.18 ± 0.10 |
1.29 ± 0.04 |
1.21 ± 0.07 |
1.25 ± 0.10 |
| Glucose/water Ratio |
1.98 ± 0.11 |
2.04 ± 0.61 |
2.09 ± 0.58 |
1.77 ± 0.26 |
2.16 ± 0.34 |
2.05 ± 0.09 |
|
| values are presented as mean ± SD of three determination values with different superscripts are along a row arare significantly different from each other (P<0.05) |
| Table 3: Sugar Contents of Honey Samples from the Six States in Northeastern Nigeria. |