Sweet Flavor
Honey
About This Entry
Honey is a canonical global floral sweetener for baking, glazing, and finishing ingredient in global cookery — its sweetness character, texture, and pairing behavior pair with dessert wines, sparkling styles, and spice-friendly reds when used as a primary sweetener.
Wine Pairing Explanation
Primary wine styles
Alternative wine styles
Common Culinary Uses
- brown sugar
- garlic
- maple syrup
- peanut
At a Glance
Group
Honey & Bee Products
Classification
Sweet Flavors
Usage intensity
primary
Scientific name
Apis mellifera
Scientific Classification
- Display name
- Honey
- Classification
- Sweet Flavors
- Group
- Honey & Bee Products
- Scientific name
- Apis mellifera
Taxonomy
- Usage intensity
- primary