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  • Her Manuka honey vs His Raw Honey
    January 20, 2023 Bill Gluyas

    Her Manuka honey vs His Raw Honey

    Should you buy Raw honey or Manuka honey?The beloved Yogi Bear once ruled the Jellystone Park as a fearsome eater. Do you think he would stand upon the basket and ask himself, “Manuka honey vs. Raw honey? Hm…”His greedy paws made sure no pic-a-nik basket was safe. Imagine if the Hanna-Barbera team made a scene where Yogi and his [...]
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  • June 29, 2021 Bill gluyas

    How to Identify Manuka honey with special properties

    When Professor Peter Molan of Waikato University in New Zealand first identified that Manuka honey from certain locations had special antibacterial and antifungal properties he referred to this as the Unique Manuka Factor or UMF.Before we get into defining what causes UMF we need to accept that all honey has antibacterial properties due to the presence of glucose oxidase which, [...]
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  • Where to buy Authentic Manuka honey
    January 24, 2018 Bill Gluyas

    Where to buy Authentic Manuka honey

    We are often asked how to identify genuine Manuka honey as there is so much in the market that is adulterated with other honey, sugar or corn syrup.Until now any honey that contained Manuka could be described on the label as Manuka honey even if it contains very little Manuka nectar. This is about to change!Strictly speaking there is [...]
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