Hindawi International Journal of Analytical Chemistry Volume 2020, Article ID 8810029, 6 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8810029 Research Article Physicochemical Quality Characteristics of Southeastern Anatolia Honey, Turkey Semra Gu¨rbu¨z ,1 Neslihan Çakıcı,2 Serdar Mehmetog˘lu,2 Hilal Atmaca,2 Tahsin Demir,2 Mukaddes Arıgu¨l Apan,2 O¨ mer Faruk Atmaca,2 and Fazıl Gu¨ney2 1Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, Faculty of Tourism, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin 47080, Turkey 2Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Directorate of Beekeeping Research Institute, Ordu 52850, Turkey Correspondence should be addressed to Semra G¨urb¨uz;
[email protected] Received 3 June 2020; Revised 8 August 2020; Accepted 21 August 2020; Published 1 September 2020 Academic Editor: Valentina Venuti Copyright © 2020 Semra G¨urb¨uz et al. (is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (is study was performed to investigate the physicochemical quality characteristics of honey produced in Southeastern Anatolia of Turkey. A total of 68 honey samples collected from different beekeepers were analyzed for sugar components, moisture, pH, HMF, electrical conductivity, free acidity, proline values, and diastase number using the methods recommended by the International Honey Commission. (e color value was determined by the Hanna HI 96785 color identification device using the Pfund scale. (e mean values of fructose + glucose, fructose/glucose ratio, sucrose, and maltose were 70.97 ± 3.27%, 1.21 ± 0.15, 0.90 ± 1.35%, and 2.88 ± 1.42%, respectively.