Mineral Constituents of Some Australian Honeys as Determined by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

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Abstract
It is shown that the mineral constituents of honeys can be determined successfully by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. There were significant differences between the mineral constituents of the dark and light Australian honeys examined, especially the contents of cobalt, aluminium, manganese, sodium and silica. Certain constituents were present in about the same quantities in dark and light honeys: phosphate, copper, chromium, zinc, nickel, calcium, antimony, lead. Similar differences are noted between dark and light honeys in Australia and those that have been studied by other workers elsewhere.