Pollen, Physicochemical, and Mineral Analysis of Croatian Acacia Honey Samples: Applicability for Identification of Botanical and Geographical Origin

Table 3

Micro and macro elements in acacia honey from three Croatian regions, according to the proportion percentage (%), average concentrations , and range (mg/kg).

	Elements	K; (mg/kg)	Ca; (mg/kg)	Na; (mg/kg)	Mg; (mg/kg)	Zn; (mg/kg)	Al; (mg/kg)	Fe; (mg/kg)	Cu; (mg/kg)	Mn; (mg/kg)	Ni; (mg/kg)	Pb; (mg/kg)	Cd; (mg/kg)	Total; (mg/kg)
Northwest Croatia		258.69	74.95	67.07	16.82	3.31	1.66	0.92	0.20	0.16	0.22	0.04	≤0.01	424.04
		64.99	42.30	37.60	8.08	1.23	1.03	0.72	0.09	0.09	0.10	0.02	0.01
	(%)	62.36	17.13	14.79	4.13	0.77	0.43	0.25	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.01	≤0.01
East Croatia		360.80	184.39	168.86	30.68	16.46	1.22	1.38	0.51	0.19	0.98	0.08	≤0.01	765.55
		164.54	97.570	97.57	11.76	12.33	0.85	0.97	0.35	0.10	0.65	0.05	0.01
	(%)	51.23	21.04	21.66	3.67	1.84	0.17	0.20	0.06	0.03	0.11	0.01	≤0.01
Istria		357.15	74.37	51.62	18.52	1.61	1.76	1.38	0.29	0.15	0.16	0.05	≤0.01	507.06
		96.13	56.02	23.84	12.00	1.27	0.71	1.18	0.22	0.11	0.13	0.03	0.01
	(%)	70.29	14.81	10.21	3.67	0.32	0.35	0.28	0.06	0.03	0.04	0.01	≤0.01
Total		325.54	111.24	95.85	22.01	7.12	1.55	1.23	0.33	0.17	0.45	0.05	≤0.01	565.55
		108.55	67.68	53.00	10.62	4.95	0.86	0.95	0.22	0.10	0.30	0.04	0.01
	(%)	57.56	19.67	16.95	3.89	1.26	0.27	0.22	0.06	0.03	0.08	0.01	≤0.01
	Min–max	258.69–360.80	74.37–184.39	51.62–168.86	16.82–30.68	1.61–16.46	1.22–1.76	0.92–1.38	0.20–0.51	0.15–0.19	0.16–0.98	0.04–0.08	≤0.01–0.01
	Min–max%	51.23–70.29	14.81–21.04	10.21–21.66	3.67–4.13	0.32–1.84	0.17–0.43	0.20–0.26	0.05–0.06	0.03–0.04	0.04–0.11	0.01–0.01	≤0.01–0.01

: arithmetic mean; σ: standard deviation.