Honey or Not??

It is amazing to me what happens in the manufacture of foods. I read an article in November about Honey sold in the United States. Three fourths of all the product labeled and sold as "Honey" in the US actually isn't honey at all. Officially, honey MUST contain pollen and the manufacturers are filtering out the pollen in that three fourths. Why?

According to the article in Food Safety News by Andrew Schneider it is to hide where the honey actually comes from and in most cases that is China. He interviewed many manufacturers in the US and received a lot of double talk about the excess filtering.

It is great reading and a superior reason to buy your honey from LOCAL honey producers in your area. It should be easy to find them at your local farmers markets. To read the article by Andrew Schneider CLICK HERE.

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