PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing honey using a honey source inexpensively available in large quantities, and novel honey produced by the method.SOLUTION: A method for producing honey includes the steps of: gelatinizing a starch-containing food raw material and treating the resultant material with an amylolytic enzyme to obtain a saccharified solution adjusting the obtained saccharified solution to obtain the sugar content of 20% or more and a relative viscosity of 4.5 or less to water at a temperature of more than 25°C and not more than 40°C supplying honeybees with the adjusted saccharified solution kept at a temperature of more than 25°C and not more than 40°C, to produce honey and collecting the produced honey. The saccharified solution obtained by applying predetermined treatment to the starch-containing food raw material is suitable as a honey source, and novel honey of excellent quality can be produced.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】大量にかつ安価に入手可能な密源を用いるハチミツの製造方法および本方法で生産された新規ハチミツを提供する。【解決手段】澱粉含有食品原料を糊化処理し、澱粉分解酵素処理して糖化液を得る工程、得られた糖化液を糖度が20%以上であり、かつ25℃超~40℃の温度において水に対する相対粘度が4.5以下になるように調整する工程、25℃超~40℃の温度に保持した、前記調整した糖化液をミツバチに与えてハチミツを生産させる工程、生産されたハチミツを回収する工程を含むハチミツの製造方法。澱粉含有食品原料に所定の処理を施した糖化液が、密源として好適であり、良好な品質の新規ハチミツの製造が可能である。【選択図】なし
