Chestnut Honey is the honey that bees obtain from chestnut flowers with the beginning of June. Chestnut honey, which has a dark brown color, thick consistency, sharp taste and slightly bitter, chestnut-specific taste and odor, has a germicidal effect thanks to its phenolic content. As a single flora honey, it has been determined that chestnut honey produced only with the nectar of chestnut flowers has a very rich antioxidant content compared to flower honey produced by using the nectar of many flowers.
In addition, it has been determined that chestnut honey has a bactericidal effect in terms of antimicrobial activity. Famous for its high quality and aroma, Zonguldak Chestnut Honey has been determined as the best quality chestnut honey of Turkey as a result of the tests performed at the Black Sea Technical University.
In Zonguldak chestnut honey analyzes, its pollen value and amount of proline differ from chestnut honey produced in other regions with its aroma, color and consistency. Like all energy source foods, honey is healing for humans when consumed in a balanced way. Biologically, it is a very superior product compared to its counterparts. It can even be used as an alternative to cleft treatment. Therefore, it is also called a natural antibiotic.