Webinar - Honey authenticity: Novel syrup testing (Afternoon session)
It’s no secret that honey is one of the most adulterated foodstuffs in the world. The addition of syrups, falsifying origin, blending low-quality batches, and deviating from generally accepted beekeeping practices are widespread in the global marketplace. However, in 2025 there has been a rise in the number of samples testing positive for a novel syrup marker not previously seen as a common route for adulteration. Join our webinar on 14th January with authenticity expert Tim Hollmann – Laboratory Supervisor LC-HRMS, to learn more about this new marker and what it means for the industry.
Date: 14 January
Time: 4:00 PM CET (10:00 AM EST)
Duration: 45 minutes
Agenda
- How to ensure the purity, origin, and integrity of honey through scientifically sound verification.
- Why is combining various analytical methods the key to success when detecting adulteration and confirming authenticity?
- Why LC-HRMS is essential for detection and research in honey authenticity, including validating new syrup technologies and novel adulterations.
- LC-HRMS workflow for syrup marker identification.
- Five of the most important and widely discussed marker groups in honey fraud.
- Lab Codes, AI & Service – routine standardised marker groups and our new expanded LC-HRMS marker package.
- Outlook – What’s next for authenticity testing to protect global honey supply chains?
About our speaker
Tim leads our LC-HRMS team in our honey center of excellence in Bremen, Germany, and is also part of our R&D team. Together with other experts on our team, he combines routine analyses, state-of-the-art instrumentation, and multivariate data evaluation.
If you have specific questions you’d like our experts to address during the session, feel free to send them in advance to customerservice.bremen@intertek.com.