Fresh organic royal jelly is   a gelatinous substance with a straw-white or yellowish color and a typically pungent and phenolic odor. Its flavor is astringent, intense and acidic. 
 
Royal jelly is a precious food that nurse bees produce and give to the queen bee. Throughout her long life, 5 years compared to the average 90 days of other bees, the queen is fed this substance. Royal jelly must be consumed fresh so that it can keep all its beneficial properties intact, it must be stored in refrigerators or freezers immediately after harvesting and it is important that the cold chain is not interrupted in any way. 
 
What are the properties of royal jelly? Royal jelly is used as a food supplement: it is an extremely nutritious compound and is a real mine of enzymatic substances with biocatalytic action, which promote and increase metabolic activity at a cellular level. Royal jelly is made up of at least 66% water, followed by sugars at 14%, proteins and lipids at 17.5%, as well as vitamins, especially B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, and A, B12, C, D and E. Royal jelly also contains calcium, copper, iron, phosphorus, potassium, silicon and sulphur. The low production, the difficulty of harvesting and the delicate nature of its conservation make royal jelly a very precious element but, precisely because of this value, it can easily be counterfeited: it is very important to make sure of its origin and organic Italian royal jelly is undoubtedly preferable.