Honey is a sweet, viscous, golden-colored liquid food. Bees gather nectar from flowers and transport it back to the hive in their honey sacs. The nectar is then ripened into honey by inverting a significant portion of its sucrose sugar into the sugars levulose (fructose) and dextrose (glucose) and removing excess moisture.
Honey is somewhat acidic and has mild antiseptic properties, which make it beneficial in treating burns and lacerations. It was practically the only source of sugar available to the ancients and was valued for its medicinal benefits.
Honey Extract is a straw-colored, transparent liquid with low odor and good stability. It is an excellent conditioning agent for use in skin care treatment products. Its active, naturally derived ingredient has been used safely and effectively since the time of Cleopatra to refine wrinkles and other signs of aging skin.
Honey contains many complex saccharides, oligosaccharides, and gluconic acid, which provide moisturizing, soothing, and conditioning properties. Honey Extract is a light to medium yellow liquid with a characteristic pleasant odor and can be used as low as 3% for extra gentle stimulating action.Honey extract is most effective in acid-stable emulsions, polymer gels, or naturally derived marine hydrogels. As an active, it works well with Green Tee and Kola Nut-derived ingredients. Honey's antiseptic qualities make this valuable extract available in lotions for wounds, sores, bruises, and skin treatment products.
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