RECENT HPLC APPLICATIONS TO THE HONEY QUA LITY DEFENSE

At the present time the HPLC is commonly used for food analyses. The w ide applications are due to the high sensitivity of the new detectors, the reproducibility separations and quantitative determinations of th e columns, and also to the great versatility of this technique. In the last years the HPLC is more frequently used in honey analyses. In thi s report is described the HPLC applications for the honey quality char acterization and guard it. The paper is divided in parts, each one tre ats a topic analysis: sugar profile, aminoacids, hydroxymethylfurfural content, pesticide and other contaminant residues, phenolic fraction.