What is Honey ?
Roughly : 40% Fructose, 35%Glucose, 18% Water, 4% Other sugars, 3% Other substances.
Honey has been found in the tombs of Pharaohs (but past its sell by date). However Honey does keep for a long time in an airtight container
Honey has anti-bacterial properties and in times past was used to treat burns and wounds.
Supermarket honey has invariably been heat treated and heavily filtered - this process kills of some of the natural enzymes, spoils the taste and removes valuable pollen.
Frosting - the appearance of white crystals - is a natural feature of set honey, and has no effect on quality.
Honey is one of the easiest foods for the human stomach to digest - it is absorbed almost directly into the bloodstream providing instant vitality.
The honey from two hives is never the same - The minute changes in food that the bees have available, caused by weather and geography, give variation in the taste and colour of the final product. Local honey is a gourmet product in a similar way to fine wines.