Pick the honey type and market, and this builds the lab order: which analyses to request,
their ARGEFAR codes, and what the lot will cost to test.
1 · The shape of a test plan
Any honey, any supplier. Three views of the same plan: how it runs alongside the relationship with the apiary owner, how the laboratory sequence branches, and how sealing ties the honey you tested to the honey that arrives.
1 · Stage by stage, with the apiary owner
Prices are ARGEFAR’s, VAT included; a ministry laboratory charges the national tariff for the same analyses — see section 7. Conductivity is a strong disproof and a weak proof: a honeydew claim reading below 0.8 mS/cm is finished, but a pass only confirms the class, and mineral content can be raised deliberately.
2 · Choose the honey type
Market
Lot size
kg
3 · Compliance limits
Parameter
General limit
Exception
4 · Three traps that cause wrong rejections
Chestnut exceeds the conductivity ceiling legitimatelyKestane balı typically runs 1.0–2.0 mS/cm despite being a blossom honey. Failing it against
the 0.8 blossom limit rejects good honey.
Acacia and citrus have naturally low diastaseA result of 4–6 Schade with fresh HMF is normal, not evidence of overheating.
The ≥3 exception applies when HMF is at or below 15 mg/kg.
Citrus and lavender have higher sucrose allowancesCitrus is permitted 10% and lavender 15%, against the general 5%. Grading either
against a flat 5% rejects perfectly good honey.
The rest of this plan is free — we just ask who you are
What you have read so far is the reasoning. Behind this form is the part that took the work: every ARGEFAR analysis with its code, method and price, what each test will and will not tell you, eleven laboratories compared on the same panel with links to their published fee lists, the sealing method that ties the honey you tested to the honey that arrives, and where NMR is actually run in Turkey.
15 analyses priced, with what each one cannot detect
11 laboratories compared, every figure linked to its source
The sealing procedure and where to buy numbered seals
NMR profiling — who runs it, and the question to ask first
No charge, no account, no password. We use it to reach beekeepers and buyers about pricing and testing. One email, and you can reply STOP at any time. Privacy notice.
6 · How often to test
New supplier, first lot. Run the export plan even for domestic sale — you are establishing a baseline, not just releasing a lot.
Established supplier, routine. PAK-002, antibiotics, pollen species ID and starch on every lot.
Grayanotoxin and naphthalene. Every lot where they apply. Never rotated.
Pesticides. One lot in three, rotating, for domestic. Every lot for export.
Any sensory or intake anomaly. Escalate to the full panel including NMR.
Retention samples. Keep a sealed sample of every lot for 12 months. Without one, a later complaint cannot be defended.
Let us review your analysis results
Send us your laboratory report and we will assess moisture, HMF, diastase and sugar values against EU and Codex limits, free of charge. We will tell you plainly which value would cause a problem on export and which sits close to the line.
Honey Trade buys pine honey. We are open to price discussions for lots with suitable values.
Free assessment. We do not collect samples or arrange shipping — you order the analysis directly from the laboratory.