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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 [...]

In an extraordinary statement by Paul Kordic director of the self styled “Australian Manuka honey Association” he claims that the word Manuka has been used in Australia for 200 years.Well it would be since Maori people have been crossing the Tasman Sea for much longer than that and the word Manuka is exclusively part of [...]

The high prices being achieved for genuine Manuka honey has led to many reports of honey fraudulently labelled as Manuka honey.New Zealand is the sole producer of Manuka honey and produces approximately 1400 tonnes of honey annually. However it is reported that over 10,000 tonnes of honey labelled as New Zealand Manuka is sold annually in UK alone, [...]

You might  find that you have itching in the webbing between your fingers and on the inside of your wrists where you may also see faint lines of burrows beneath the skin. These are tiny, raised, grayish-white or flesh-colored lines caused by the mites digging their way into your skin.They generally appear on the hands [...]

We have all heard the hype about Manuka honey - how it does everything from healing infected wounds to making us look younger and more attractive.Well some of this is true, sterile certified Manuka UMF honey is now commonly applied to wounds infected with bacteria even MRSA in hospitals and clinics around the world with [...]