This study aimed to characterize honey of Melipona scutellaris regarding its physicochemical parameters using the electronic tongue (e-tongue) technique combined with the multivariate statistical analysis for honey differentiation. Physicochemical parameters were evaluated following official methods of chemical analyses. A potentiometric electronic tongue with 16 cross-sensitivity sensors was used for the analysis. The Principal Component Analysis and the Cluster Analysis distinguished two groups for the sample set in the evaluation of physicochemical parameters, similar to results found using the electronic tongue. We verified a correlation greater than 0.70 between the profile of potentiometric signals and values of pH, ashes, electrical conductivity, HMF, diastase activity, reducing sugars, and apparent sucrose. The combined use of the electronic tongue with the statistical analysis showed the similarity between samples through the formation of two groups of the sample set. The electronic tongue may be used as a complement to traditional techniques of analyses to determine honey physicochemical parameters, constituting a promising tool in association with the multivariate statistical analysis.

本研究旨在表征黄蜂蜜使用电子舌（e-tongue）技术结合多变量统计分析对蜂蜜的理化参数进行分析。按照官方的化学分析方法评估物理化学参数。具有 16 个交叉灵敏度传感器的电位电子舌用于分析。主成分分析和聚类分析在物理化学参数的评估中区分了样本集的两组，类似于使用电子舌发现的结果。我们验证了电位信号曲线与 pH、灰分、电导率、HMF、淀粉酶活性、还原糖和表观蔗糖值之间的相关性大于 0.70。将电子舌与统计分析相结合，通过形成两组样本集来展示样本之间的相似性。电子舌可用作传统分析技术的补充，以确定蜂蜜理化参数，构成与多变量统计分析相关的有前途的工具。