China Academy of Agricultural Sciences owns several national patents on honey to identify true and false honey.

China Academy of Agricultural Sciences has 1 national patent for identifying true and false honey. This is a volatile substance, which can identify true and false honey. The innovative team of environmental identification and control of honey-powder source plants in Bee Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has made new progress in the research of honey authenticity identification, and found that there are six volatile substances that are significantly different between China honey and Italian honey, which provides a material basis for the authenticity identification of China honey.