Method of treating honey

Abstract

The invention provides a production method for a soft, spreadable honey product. The product is produced by feeding the honey in raw solid form through a side feed chute into a container defined by a vertical rotating auger with a clearance between the flight and the container. The auger flight drives the material to one discharge end of the container, and a closed discharge valve at the discharge end causes the honey to be admixed within the container and the crystals to fracture and to interact with one another, so as to grind them down making them smooth and small. The mixing action is carried out until the crystals in the honey are broken down sufficiently to form the honey into the soft, spreadable honey product and carried out without the use of any heat at any time and without filtering the product.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a method for processing honey to form a smooth and spreadable product without heating. Background technique [0002] In nature, nectar is collected by bees from flowering plants, returned to the hive in liquid form, and transformed into honey. During this process, the honey is stored in the nest and covered to store it. Beekeepers collect the honey from the hives, extract it in liquid form, and store it in 45-gallon barrels for sale on the wholesale market. After a while, the liquid honey will naturally begin to crystallize into a solid mass. When the honey arrives at the processing plant to be repackaged into containers for retail sale, it is placed in a large heating chamber to return the honey to a liquid state so that it can be handled. From here, the honey is further heated and filtered (to remove many natural substances like pollen, propolis, waxes, etc.) and packed, and for some types of honey, subjected to an...

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Problems solved by technology

However, during some seasons of container infusion the honey may be too firm

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