![]() ![]() Bee collected pollen (BCP) and bee bread (BB) are used as food supplements for humans ( 6), even the Greeks believed that BCP and honey were the food of kings, which can give them the youthfulness and life. Healing properties of the bee products are recorded in many religious texts, including the Bible, Vedas, and Quran ( 4, 5). The history of bee products and their therapeutic effects date back to the ancient times. Apiculture products have long been used for phytotherapy and diet because of their positive effects on health ( 2, 3). Natural products and preparations for food and nutritional supplement or dietetic purposes have been used in folk medicine for several years ( 1). The importance of the models for process optimization on a large scale is also emphasized in the future. ![]() This review will increase the positive ratings of the combined new processing techniques according to the needs of the bee products. Furthermore, improved the product quality with a shorter processing time and reduced operational cost are achieved using conventional or emerging processing techniques. ![]() The different processing techniques applied in bee products aim to provide more healthy active ingredients largely and effectively. The processing techniques used for each bee products have comprehensively summarized in this review, including drying (traditional drying, infrared drying, microwave-assisted traditional drying or vacuum drying, and low temperature high velocity-assisted fluidized bed drying), storage, extraction, isolation, and identification the assessment methods related to the quality control of bee products are also fully mentioned. Advanced food processing techniques, such as ultrasonication and microwave and infrared (IR) irradiation, either has gained popularity as alternatives or combined with conventional processing techniques for diverse applications in apiculture products at laboratory or industrial scale. Increased demand for a more balanced, healthy, and safe diet has accelerated studies on natural bee products (including honey, bee bread, bee collected pollen royal jelly, propolis, beeswax, and bee venom) over the past decade. School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.Xuan Luo, Yating Dong, Chen Gu, Xueli Zhang and Haile Ma * ![]()
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