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No honey in the honey pot?

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Shock finding: More than 75 percent of all ‘honey’ sold in grocery stores contains no honey at all, by definition

Almost 80% of the brands from major grocery stores and pharmacies tested by Food Safety News had no trace of pollen. Add 100% without pollen in those little packets of honey provided by airlines and restaurants

According to FSN, the lack of pollen in most conventional “honey” products is due to these products having been ultra-filtered. This means that they have been intensely heated, forced through extremely tiny filters, and potentially even watered down or adulterated in some way prior to hitting store shelves.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) states that any honey products that have been ultra-filtered >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
http://jbanews.com/2016/01/19/shock...tores-contains-no-honey-at-all-by-definition/
 
Bees are usually fed sugar water to increase the honey yield, the more commercial the producer, the more sugar water used.

And the honey in the cheaper brands can be diluted with non-honey.

I don't buy it because of the impact on my bg, but if i did use honey, it would be specialist, wildflower, traceable, gold plated...
 
What's true in this deceitful world?
 
My partner buys his online from Spain. Its organic mountain honey, raw and un pasteurised and unfiltered, it really does taste of heather, lavender etc.
 
You could check too if there's a local beekeeping society, as they'll probably sell the real stuff too. There's someone in the next village to us that sells honey from their house, and I used to sometimes buy (pre diabetes) from the bee keepers at our local agricultural show. I used to love honey, but my husband would only ever buy the generic runny stuff in squeezey bottles :eek: so I don't actually miss it as much as I might have otherwise done.

Robbity
 
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