Recent negative media coverage regarding the presence of apparent adulterated honey in Australian supermarkets has raised concerns for the industry. However, some of the analytical methods used to identify adulteration in honey have inherent problems, especially when used for Australian honey samples, as analytical methods and ìtypicalî ranges have been established with honeys from other countries, mainly in Europe and Asia. These analytical methods are not necessarily appropriate for Australian honey and may produce misleading results because of the origin or diversity of flora available in Australia for honey production. 

While there are many different analytical techniques for the determination