Honey’s Shelf Life Honey has an amazingly long shelf life. Thanks to the high concentration of sugars, honey is one of the most stable natural foods you will find. It can have an almost indefinite shelf life if it’s stored properly. You will notice that honey producers put a “best by” date of about two […]
Crystallization of honey is a little understood process or rather, much misunderstood phenomenon. Most of the consuming public associate crystallized honey that has become coarse and grainy in texture with table sugar and assume it is an unnatural, adulterated honey or a poor quality honey. Some even think that crystallized honey is spoiled and should […]
If you’ve previously searched for Manuka honey, either online or on the shelf of your local health food shop, you may have come across a number of grading systems, and one of these grading systems is MGO Manuka Honey– but what is it and what does it test for? What is MGO stand for? MGO […]
Unfortunately there is no quick test to check honey genuineness at your end! Honey Sommeliers are trained in sensory analysis to detect a good quality monofloral honey from its visual appearance, taste, aroma and odour and also for defects. This takes a number of years training and goes hand-in-hand with the technical analysis […]
GREAT TASTE AWARD Great Taste, is the world’s largest and most trusted food and drink awards. Organised by the Guild of Fine Food, is the acknowledged benchmark for fine food and drink. It has been described as the ‘Oscars’ of the food world and the ‘epicurean equivalent of the Booker prize’. Quite simply the Great […]
