Premium New Zealand honey producer admits adding chemicals

[The_King]

 

 

[MELBOURNE] A New Zealand company pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of adding artificial chemicals to its premium manuka honey, media reported, in a flagship prosecution over a product that is high-value export for the country.

New Zealand Food Safety filed the case against Auckland-based Evergreen Life Ltd whose products were pulled from shelves in 2016 by the Ministry for Primary Industries, which said they might contain "non-approved substances".

Demand for honey, which is believed to have health and cosmetics benefits, has been growing globally, especially for manuka honey, collected from the flowers of plants native to New Zealand and Australia.

Different species of the plant grow in other parts of the world but they do not produce the flowers needed for the honey, making manuka more expensive, with a small jar selling for up to a few hundred dollars.

Manuka is also considered to have better antibacterial properties than other honey, partly because it naturally contains an omega acid called DHA and an antacid known as MGO.

Evergreen had been allegedly adding synthetic chemicals to increase the levels of the anti-bacterial agents, allowing the company to sell the honey at a higher price, according to the public-service Radio New Zealand.

Neither Evergreen nor the Ministry for Primary Industries answered requests for comment.

New Zealand ranks 14th in the world for volume of honey exported and second in terms of value, according to data from New Zealand's Trade and Enterprise government agency.

In 2017, New Zealand exported nearly US$270 million worth of honey, nearly double what it was in 2013. Manuka honey is considered behind most of the exports.

Sentencing in the Evergreen case is scheduled for later this month.

REUTERS

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/consumer/premium-new-zealand-honey-producer-admits-adding-chemicals

 

[XianGe]

Which brand to buy?

[The_King]

6 minutes ago, XianGe said:

Which brand to buy?

 

 

No expired date.

 

i got 1 bottle which i eaten 90% and i am currently keeping for almost 2 to 3 yr to test it

[aaur4man]

11 hours ago, The_King said:

 

 

No expired date.

 

i got 1 bottle which i eaten 90% and i am currently keeping for almost 2 to 3 yr to test it

This one I got before. From iherb. Really not bad. 

[The_King]

3 hours ago, aaur4man said:

This one I got before. From iherb. Really not bad. 

real honey got no expired date, this is one of them

 

also @XianGe if you want to test honey real or fake, aka pure or sugar added honey.

 

do this simple test

 

 

[The_King]

FYI,

 

China have also found a way to make fake honey to behave like real honey. it done when they add rice syrup  to adulterated/fake honey 

 

sauce of added rice syrup to fake honey to invaid the above post on how to test honey. they have  to use new method to test fake vs real honey due to this

 

quote : As a defense against shady suppliers who might adulterate honey with rice syrup, Chinese researchers have employed a new test that is already used to test other foods: three-dimensional fluorescence spectra (3DFS). It appears to work out just fine."

 

http://www.nutritionaloutlook.com/science/testing-honey-rice-syrup-adulteration

 

 

to read more if you want, how usa tried to ban fake china honey and send those fake honey to asia country

https://www.foodrenegade.com/your-honey-isnt-honey/

 

in short avoid CHINA HONEY at all cost, usa and aus/ new zeland is still ok. real honey is NOT CHEAP

 

 

 

this honey is confirm and certified  REAL which we can buy from iherb:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[The_King]

i will take picture of my leftover  honey which is untouch for i think it 2 to 3yr old. i totally forgot about it.) maybe i go iherb check my order history first then post proof and pictures