Zagorski bagremov med

Zagorski bagremov med is a Croatian acacia honey with a protected designation of origin (PDO). It is made from the nectar of false acacia, or black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia, "bagrem" in Croatian), in Hrvatsko Zagorje. It is a monofloral honey: acacia pollen must exceed 27 % once non-nectar pollen is deducted, against the usual 20 % threshold for a single-flower label.

The colour is very light, from near-colourless to straw-yellow, the honey is extremely clear, stays liquid for a long time and rarely crystallises. The odour is faint; the taste is medium to very sweet with low acidity, and the flavour recalls vanilla, acacia flower, virgin honeycomb and fresh butter. Water is at most 18 %, electrical conductivity at most 0.25 mS/cm and HMF at most 15 mg/kg.

The hills spare the blossom from late frost and stretch the foraging to about 20 days, against 10 to 12 on the plains. Oilseed rape is not grown here, so its pollen is absent from the honey. Feeding bees while they forage is forbidden.

Why this matters to you: if you want a mild, light honey that stays runny, this is an acacia honey with documented origin.