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Things You Need To Know About “HONEY”
Real Honey Isn’t Cheap and Cheap Honey Isn’t Real
What’s it’s Origin?
Studies show... up to 80% of honey sold in supermarkets and big-box retailers is FAKE (diluted with corn syrup) and imported rather than produced in the United States. The cost of "Corn Syrup is 1/10th that of Honey. Common source countries include China, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Brazil, Mexico, Ukraine, Uruguay, and Argentina, among others.
Adulterated Honey is big business
Read the Label, Understand the Label
Read the Label, Understand the Label
This label indicates that the honey in this jar is a blended product sourced from multiple countries. Although each country may use different processing methods and standards, the final product is often heavily heated and filtered, which can remove or significantly reduce naturally occurring nutrients, pollen, and enzymes—leaving behind a product that offers sweetness but far fewer of honey’s natural benefits.
What’s In Your Honey?
Read the Label, Understand the Label
Because pure honey is costly to produce, some manufacturers have been found to dilute their products with low-cost sweeteners such as corn syrup. While these products may appear and pour like genuine honey, they are often adulterated and lack the natural qualities of pure honey. In many cases, these practices mislead consumers and result in the sale of inauthentic honey products. For the highest quality and transparency, purchase honey directly from reputable local beekeepers.
Filtered Honey vs Unfiltered Honey
Filtered Honey vs Unfiltered Honey
There are several methods used to filter honey. Large commercial producers typically use micro-filtration systems that rely on ultra fine mess material, high pressure, or gravity. While effective for clarity and shelf stability, this process can remove much of honey’s naturally occurring beneficial components, including pollen, enzymes, and micronutrients.
By contrast, unfiltered honey is generally passed through a simple strainer to remove only large debris such as wax particles, allowing natural pollens, enzymes, and other beneficial elements to remain in the final product.
Local Honey Varieties
Wild Flower
Brazilian Pepper
Orange Blossom
Wildflower honey is found throughout the state. Where there are flowers with nectar that bees crave, there is wildflower honey. The taste is less sweet but has a “tangy taste.”
It is reported to have medicinal value (if grown within 50 miles of the hive) and to suppress allergies, especially the bothersome hay fever.
It’s a complex honey be
Wildflower honey is found throughout the state. Where there are flowers with nectar that bees crave, there is wildflower honey. The taste is less sweet but has a “tangy taste.”
It is reported to have medicinal value (if grown within 50 miles of the hive) and to suppress allergies, especially the bothersome hay fever.
It’s a complex honey because it comes from a wide variety of flowers and the color can range from golden to dark amber.
Orange Blossom
Brazilian Pepper
Orange Blossom
Orange Blossom is Florida’s “sunshine-soaked” signature honey and is famous for its light, fruity, floral, and distinct citrus flavor. The sweet fragrance of orange blossoms fills the grove while the bees are collecting its nectar.
Orange Blossom honey can be found as far north as Ocala, continuing south, particularly in counties with large citrus production.
Brazilian Pepper
Brazilian Pepper
Brazilian Pepper
And what about Brazilian pepper honey? This tree is an invasive species that Florida horticulturalists detest. It has red peppercorn-like berries and grows in coastal areas.
Bees are attracted to its small clusters of white flowers and the honey is slightly peppery but sweet, with a light consistency and a mild flavorful taste
Local Honey Varieties
Saw Palmetto
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Saw Palmetto
Saw palmetto honey is a dark, robust honey with a bold, earthy flavor that reflects the wild palmetto flats where it’s produced. It typically has notes of molasses, leather, and dried fruit, with a slightly smoky or herbal finish that sets it apart from lighter floral honeys. The aroma is strong and musky, and the texture is often thick
Saw palmetto honey is a dark, robust honey with a bold, earthy flavor that reflects the wild palmetto flats where it’s produced. It typically has notes of molasses, leather, and dried fruit, with a slightly smoky or herbal finish that sets it apart from lighter floral honeys. The aroma is strong and musky, and the texture is often thick and slow-pouring. Because of its intense taste, saw palmetto honey is commonly used more as a medicinal or functional honey than a table sweetener, especially in the southeastern United States where the saw palmetto plant grows naturally.
Gallberry
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Saw Palmetto
Gallberry honey is derived from the six-foot-tall evergreen holly bush (called inkberry) that blossoms with white flowers and blackberries, often found in pine Flatwoods and wetlands.
The gallberry flavor is fruity and thick with an amber color and greenish hue and does not usually granulate.
Gallberry is similar to the Tupelo that grows in wet conditions, and can be found all over Florida.
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By choosing our honey, you are supporting local bees and sustainable agriculture. We prioritize the well-being of our bee colonies.