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Manuka honey is sort of the crème de la crème of the raw honey world, as it contains a significantly higher concentration of potent nutritional, anti-viral, and healing properties. Produced in New Zealand by bees that pollinate the native manuka bush, this type of honey is potent in both taste and nutritional content.
Yes, Capilano honey is 100% pure Australian honey. There's absolutely nothing added, it's just as nature intended.
Dabur Honey :100% Pure World's No.
Testing pure honey with water
Add a spoonful of honey to a glass of water. Pure honey should settle in the water. If your honey dissolves immediately, it's possible it also isn't pure or has been altered in some way.
If you have the choice between raw honey vs regular honey, raw honey is a better choice for health, taste, bees and the environment. Organic Honey: Organic honey is produced from the pollen of organically grown plants, and without chemical miticides to treat the bees.
Australia boasts more floral sources for honey bees to forage on than any other country in the world, making our honey the most unique with wide-ranging tastes and colours.
Manuka honey is more expensive than most other honey because it is rare and only produced in Australia and New Zealand. The flowers the bees collect the nectar from, to make Manuka honey are from the Leptospermum family, which is native to Australia. Farming Manuka honey costs more to produce than other honeys.
Daily consumption of honey has a beneficial effect on the level of antioxidant compounds in the body that can fight excess cholesterol. Research shows that the antioxidants contained in honey can prevent arteries from narrowing.
The costliest honey in the world is 'Elvish honey', which is a rare and expensive variety produced in Turkey's Black Sea region. This honey is known for its unique flavour and high price and is a much sought-after delicacy for foodies and connoisseurs alike.
What makes New Zealand Manuka honey special, is it has over 200 compounds that are not found in other types of honey. The medicinal trilogy of leptosperin, dihydroxyacetone (DHA) and methylglyoxal (MGO) are signature compounds that are measured in the UMF™ rating to our Manuka honey.
It is due to its natural presence, high stability and powerful antiseptic properties. The antimicrobial properties of Manuka Honey are determined by a grading system that usually goes from 30 MGO to 829 MGO (directly accounting for its mg per kg tested content).
Manuka honey is considered to have the greatest health benefits with its unique antibacterial and antioxidant properties. The highest UMF™ grades of manuka honey are therefore regarded as the best medical grade honeys (UMF™ 24+ and UMF™ 26+).
More is more: Australia's unmatchable variety of Manuka
The diversity of Australia's Manuka trees is vastly superior to New Zealand. Australia is home to 83 species of Manuka, 12 of which have bioactive, medicinal properties, making them ideal for high-MGO Manuka production. In comparison, New Zealand has only one.
With nectar collected from so many different flowers and with native plants differing from region to region, it's no wonder honey will taste different and colour will vary. But that's not the only thing that will impact your honey. The thickness of honey can change year to year with the weather.
Malfroy's Gold honey is top of the class. Tim Malfroy produces some of the world's best honey in the pristine world heritage Blue Mountains of Australia.
Honey that carries the AMHA's Mark of Authenticity must be pure, natural Manuka honey, produced entirely in Australia, and be tested by an independent, approved laboratory to ensure it meets minimum standards of naturally occurring methylglyoxal (MGO), and dihydroxyacetone (DHA).
Manuka honey comes from bees that pollinate Leptospermum scoparium, or the manuka bush, which grows predominantly in New Zealand and also in Australia. Other species of this bush grow all over the world, but do not produce the flowers bees need in order to produce manuka honey.
New South Wales Honey:
NSW is the largest producer of honey in Australia. It accounts for about 41% of Australian honey production and, of that, about 80% depends upon on native flora. The landscape ranges from the subtropical north to the Snowy Mountains in the south.
Even though honey doesn't have an expiration date, it can still undergo natural changes. The National Honey Board says that over time honey may “darken and lose its aroma and flavor or crystallize,” depending on changes in temperature.
Colour and Taste of the Honey
One rule of thumb is that pale and clear honeys have a soft, delicate taste, while honey with a dark colour tends to have a sharper, more pronounced taste. An overview of our honey assortment can be found here.
Fake honey will immediately start to dissolve, whilst raw honey will drop to the bottom of the glass intact. Place a drop of room temperature or cooler honey on your finger, If the 'honey' spreads then it is fake honey. If it holds its composition and remains a drop, then it is raw true honey.