China's National Television has brought another case of "food forgery" to the spotlight in a country where fake eggs, beef and tofu have become staple items in national news coverage.
"The artificial honey contained zero per cent real honey," the report said, showing a chemical analysis report according to which the honey contained 187 milligrams of aluminium residue to every kilogram of honey.
The report has gone viral on Chinese microblogs, where it has been shared more than 300,000 times, making it one of the most trending topics on Wednesday. Newspapers have followed up with reports on how to identify fake honey.
"Honey can also be placed on a piece of white paper, if the honey spreads out, it could contain water or cane sugar. Another method is to add boiling water to a small amount of honey, let it cool and then add drops of yellow rice wine, if [the mixture] turns blue, red or violet, the honey contains starch."