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YELLOW BUCKWHEAT [3 records]

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Record 1 2014-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sugar Industry
CONT

While buckwheat honey can range in color from coppery yellow to purple or nearly black, the average jar is dark amber with a reddish tint when held to the light. Compared with lighter-colored varieties, buckwheat honey isn’t as sweet and tastes similar to molasses. The basic composition and nutritional profile of all types of honey are relatively the same, but buckwheat honey has higher concentrations of macronutrients, trace elements and anti-oxidant compounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
CONT

Au Canada, le sarrasin commun Fagopyrum esculentum est cultivé comme plante fourragère et pour la production de miel de sarrasin.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beekeeping
  • Sugar Industry
CONT

... flower honey is a white, greenish yellow or brownish coloured thick, transparent liquid obtained from nectars of acacia, sweet and white clovers, alfalfa, rape, buckwheat, etc. Flower honey has a characteristic sweet and highly aromatic flavour which is dependent on the flavour of the substances in the nectar collected by the bees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des abeilles
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
CONT

Le miel de fleurs est récolté [...] sur toutes les fleurs visitées par les abeilles : tournesol, ronce, châtaignier, merisier, pissenlit, aubépine [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de abejas
  • Industria azucarera
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Record 3 2003-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Biochemistry
DEF

a yellow crystalline flavonol glycoside... that is found in rue leaves, tobacco leaves, buckwheat, flower buds of the Japanese Pagoda tree, and other plants, that yields quercetin and rutinose on hydrolysis...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Biochimie
DEF

Flavonal présentant une activité vitaminique P comme de nombreux composés voisins (flavonoïdes). La rutine est particulièrement abondante dans les "rutacées" (agrumes).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción vegetal
  • Bioquímica
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