Continuous viscosity of honey–water mixture was measured in a rotating viscometer at nominal water
content weight from 0% to 60% over a range of temperatures (30–70 -
C). The thermal properties of
honey–water mixtures have been investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The melt fra-
gility during the heating process (MH) and cooling process (MC) has been calculated. The results show that
viscosity and flow activation energy decrease as the water content increases; MH as a glass-forming abil-
ity (GFA) indicator is well satisfied in single honey–water system but not satisfied in the whole system.
Moreover, a new parameter B, defined as B ¼ MC
MH , has been proposed, which can distinguish two kinds of
honey with different water contents.