28. 09. 2023.

Royal jelly (lyophilized)

Royal jelly is a honey bee recrement of white to pale yellowish colour. It is secreted from glands in heads of young worker bees and it is used, with other substances, for feeding the larvae in the colony.

Also, when the need for the queen arises, selected larvae will receive large amounts of royal jelly as only food source for the first four days of its growth.

This rapid, early feeding activates development of queen’s morphology, which includes a fully developed ovaries, necessary for laying eggs. All larvae in the colony are fed with royal jelly, but adult bees do not consume it at all.

Royal jelly is collected from each individual cell (honeycomb) when larvae are about four days old. This is an excellent dietary supplement because it contains a variety of health benefits due to ingredients such as vitamins B-complex, pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) and pyridoxine (vitamin B6).

The overall composition of royal jelly is 67 % water, 12,5 % crude protein and 11 % simple sugars (monosaccharides), in which relatively high amount (5 %) of fatty acids is included. It also contains traces of many minerals, some enzymes, antibacterial and antibiotic ingredients and vitamin and traces.

Since the fresh royal jelly is unstable and easily changes appearance and properties, it is very common to apply procedure of lyophilization (taking water from the jelly at a temperature of about -60°C), which allows active ingredients to remain preserved for a long time, and, as pure substance is obtained, the absorption in tissue is much better.

 
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