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What is the unique manuka factor? What a… UMF?What is the unique manuka factor in manuka honey?A long time ago, people sold manuka honey in bulks to bakeries or food manufacturers. In those dummy times, beekeepers who harvested it blended it with other kinds of honey and called it a ‘bush blend.’But, one doctor’s success story about the man who [...]

Recently Australian honey producers have been contesting the name Manuka to describe their honey from a different species of plant from a similar genus.Manuka honey originates in New Zealand from the species leptospermum scoparium, this species grows all over New Zealand and in Northern regions the nectar of the flowers contain high levels of dihydroxyacetone which the bees turn into [...]