Finding real honey is more difficult then you think.

pcastagner

I don't understand why they're even allowed to call it honey when it has corn syrup or any other additive in it. Ridiculous!

They aren't, and it doesn't. The graphic in the op is an outright lie. Putting HFCS in honey without labeling the additive would be call "fraud". It's illegal in every state, and in Canada, and probably in Mexico too.

james6998

I don't understand why they're even allowed to call it honey when it has corn syrup or any other additive in it. Ridiculous!

They aren't, and it doesn't. The graphic in the op is an outright lie. Putting HFCS in honey without labeling the additive would be call "fraud". It's illegal in every state, and in Canada, and probably in Mexico too.

I totally agree, but you have to admit we are starting to find some strange things in the foods that we have always trusted. Not saying they are putting HFCS in honey, but again i cant say they are not.

Jestinia

I don't understand why they're even allowed to call it honey when it has corn syrup or any other additive in it. Ridiculous!

They aren't, and it doesn't. The graphic in the op is an outright lie. Putting HFCS in honey without labeling the additive would be call "fraud". It's illegal in every state, and in Canada, and probably in Mexico too.

Good to know. It sounded so plausible because big corporations are getting away with so much already, why would I be surprised at them peddling corn syrup as honey?

123tryingtobefree

Real honey here in Greece costs 30 euro per kilo and I buy it from a guy my dad knows etc...real things are hard to find guys..

tonedthighsbubblebutt

Seconding the recommendation to check your local farmer's market. The biggest one in my city has at least one supplier. Also, I've found raw honey at my local supermarkets in their natural/organic sections.

jppd47

You can also try looking in home brewing beer and wine shops for "real" honey as well. Usually have different varieties.

upoffthemat

Just because honey is silky smooth and doesn't have particles in it doesn't mean it isn't straight from the hive. I get honey straight from the beekeeper. I have even helped him bottle it. He puts the honeycombs in an extractor, gets the honey out and then strains it through another machine. Nothing added to it, the only thing not in the finished product is a small amount of residue and the honey is clear and silky smooth. (Time from pulling the hive apart to bottling is a matter of an hour or two at most)
Just because your honey has chunks doesn't mean it is fresher or rawer.
And I do think local honey has helped me with my allergies.

stevencloser

What a bunch of baloney in that 3 year old post.

tryett

Local Farmers Markets sometimes have local honey.

JLG1986

Well, that was terrifying. I'm going to read the labels much closer now...

jamesabella

I don't think finding raw honey is all that hard. I'm a beekeeper myself and wherever you live there are bee clubs where folks will sell you as much as you could want.

I like to ask if they "feed" their bee's and when, up here in the NW it's common for beeks to feed during the late fall which is fine to carry the bee's through winter but in summer months I try to avoid those that feed. Also you want to find out how warm they heat the honey in their process. Some will use bucket style heaters which is ok with me if they keep it <115F. If you buy your local area honey it's supposed to be the best for allergies since it will contain pollen and nectar from your local plants building up your immunity.

Bee Happy,
James

savithny

There's a fair amount of fake honey on shelves. Also fake olive oil. Basically, if you suddenly find somthing claiming to be one of those things but lots cheaper? Its probably blended with fake stuff, if not totally faked.

Anything that is expensive is worth faking with fillers and cheaper ingredients. It's why we have government inspectors and rules about that stuff - it comes out of a time in history when people were watering down milk, filling bread with sawdust, and you don't even want to know what was going in sausages. As we decide to offshore more and more production of processed foods to keep costs low, we get what we pay for.

extra_medium

Jestinia wrote: »

I don't understand why they're even allowed to call it honey when it has corn syrup or any other additive in it. Ridiculous!

Are we just taking that infographic as the truth?

CattOfTheGarage

That is not truth. That is a graphic someone made and put on the Internet. I could make a graphic saying all politicians are aliens with three buttocks and I could put it in the Internet. It doesn't make it true!

Calling anything "honey" when it is not pure honey is fraud, and it is illegal. Now, there is such a thing as honey fraud, it does happen, it is a problem. I listened to a radio programme about it once. Microfiltering the honey to remove pollen is indeed one method that fraudsters use, as it prevents DNA tracing. Respectable distributors do not microfilter honey, they just coarse filter it to remove the legs etc. And they absolutely don't cook it! All honey is raw.

But we are talking here about fraud, organised crime, and something the authorities are aware of and attempting to tackle. The likelihood is that the honey you are eating is genuine, not fraudulent, just as your label jeans are probably genuine and the movie you bought is probably not pirated. There is no corporate conspiracy here - just plain old crime. And it is not ubiquitous.

Plus most of the health risks and benefits listed there are pure woo and snake oil. My health advice to you all is to learn as quickly as you can to recognise quack nonsense like this and stop believing it right away.

closetlibrarian

I actually had a hive for a while. If the honey sits (for example in a 5 gallon bucket) all the particulates eventually separate out. You can get beautiful clean clear honey.

The_Enginerd

This thread should be renamed "Getting people to believe and share your infographic full of made up information and woo without fact checking anything is much easier than you think".