Finding real honey is more difficult then you think.
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Real honey tastes amazing too. I always get ours from a farmer's market that carries it with the honeycomb intact. It's delicious, but not cheap.
Agreed, farmer's markets and certain roadside stands.0 -
I wish I knew where 2 buy real honey in my town... They say local honey is the best 4 u so I don't wanna buy it online... I want real local honey...0
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While there is certainly accuracy in the claim that most store honey is so filtered that it has no actual pollen in it, even the organic ones, most of your list is about HFCS and the claim that most honeys are primarily HFCS is just factually bogus, so most of that list is just nonsense when you're talking about honey.
Hell its just as easy to avoid Honey all together
They don't list the ingredients? I don't know about where you are but in the UK that's illegal unless the only thing that it contains is what it says on the front (i.e. honey). I think that's probably what's happening here)
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That list is just a lie. Also leaves out a big component of unfiltered honey: bee parts.
Not that I mind, since I will happily chow down on a plate of bees and bee larvae. Stir fried with honey, of course.2 -
A shop here sells it still on the honeycomb. Cheap as anything. Pity I hate honey.0
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my grandad was doing honey when I was small, so I have definately tried both versions.. and its really cheap to buy a proper honey from farmers in Czech Republic, even now - it's around £3-4 per 1kg jar of pure/raw honey.. the taste is far too different than here in UK0
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Well i guess i can judge when i try the real stuff.
and to add good read here.
http://www.crunchybetty.com/honey-guide1 -
We are lucky and have a lot of farmer's markets around here. I have been really encouraged that if you have seasonal allergies that eating local honey is good to provide relief for some allergies. Maybe look around for farmer's markets?0
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Well i guess i can judge when i try the real stuff.
and to add good read here.
http://www.crunchybetty.com/honey-guide
Looks filtered. Not raw in my book.
Not that it matters because the health benefits are BS. The reason raw honey is worth it: taste and texture. And free bee parts.1 -
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!0
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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.3 -
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.2 -
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?1 -
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..0
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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.0
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You can also try looking in home brewing beer and wine shops for "real" honey as well. Usually have different varieties.0
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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.10 -
What a bunch of baloney in that 3 year old post.1
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Local Farmers Markets sometimes have local honey.0
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Well, that was terrifying. I'm going to read the labels much closer now...
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