Nutritive Value of 11 Bee Pollen Samples from Major Floral Sources in Taiwan

• Published in: Foods Vol. 10; no. 9; p. 2229
• Main Authors: Hsu, Pei-Shou, Wu, Tzu-Hsien, Huang, Meng-Yuan, Wang, Dun-Yan, Wu, Ming-Cheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 20.09.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: amino acid; Amino acids; bee pollen; Beekeeping; Bees; Brassica; Brassica napus; Carbohydrates; Dietary supplements; fatty acid; Fatty acids; Food science; Histidine; Honey; Isoleucine; Laboratories; Linoleic acid; Linolenic acid; Lipids; macronutrients; Methionine; Natural products; Nutrient content; Nutrient requirements; Nutrient sources; Nutrition; Nutritional requirements; Nutritive value; Oleic acid; Palmitic acid; Pollen; Proteins; Stearic acid; Sugar; Tryptophan; Valine; United States > US; China; Taiwan

Bee pollen is a nutrient-rich food that meets the nutritional requirements of honey bees and supports human health. This study aimed to provide nutritive composition data for 11 popular bee pollen samples (Brassica napus (Bn), Bidens pilosa var. radiata (Bp), Camellia sinensis (Cs), Fraxinus griffit...