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Tests Show Most Store Honey Isn't Honey
foodsafetynews ^ | NOV 07, 2011 | ANDREW SCHNEIDER

Posted on 11/08/2011 9:14:13 AM PST by opbuzz

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All of the organic honey tested comes from .... Brazil! And it does have pollen.
1 posted on 11/08/2011 9:14:18 AM PST by opbuzz
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To: opbuzz
All of the organic honey

I stick with inorganic honey, it's safer.

2 posted on 11/08/2011 9:18:23 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (Overproduction, one of the top five worries of the American Farmer each and every year..)
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To: opbuzz

Well, I'm certainly disappointed.

3 posted on 11/08/2011 9:19:32 AM PST by Hodar ( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
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To: opbuzz

Don’t you want local honey so you’ll take in some local pollen for allergy reasons?


4 posted on 11/08/2011 9:21:46 AM PST by EEGator
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To: opbuzz

No such thing as organic honey. You can’t control where the bees go for nectar.


5 posted on 11/08/2011 9:26:09 AM PST by SkyDancer ("A Pessimist Is Just A Well Informed Optimist")
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I always enjoy a roll in the clover with some honey.........


6 posted on 11/08/2011 9:29:31 AM PST by Red Badger (Obama's number one economics advisor must be a Magic Eight Ball.................)
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To: SkyDancer

We have tupelo honey here. The need are pretty limited to the nectar.


7 posted on 11/08/2011 9:29:48 AM PST by goseminoles
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To: SkyDancer

that’s like saying there is no such thing as clover honey because the bees might take in some apple blossom while they are at it.


8 posted on 11/08/2011 9:29:52 AM PST by Rippin
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To: opbuzz

If you want truly delicious honey, the best bet is either to find a store offering comb honey, or a local honey dealer. Comb honey is an odd treat, and children in particular seem to gobble it down. Local honey dealers are careful to indicate what *kind* of honey they have, as there are subtle flavor differences between clover, orange, wildflower and other types.

Importantly, though very hard to find, there is medicinal honey, which is very unpredictable. Unpasteurized honey *may* contain a whole slew of both antibiotics and anti-inflammatory chemicals, or it may not.

But if it does, it is the almost ideal treatment for gum disease, because it will both kill bacteria, and reduce the inflammation the bacteria hides behind. So you could literally brush your teeth with honey. Unfortunately Pasteurization destroys all these good effects.


9 posted on 11/08/2011 9:31:04 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: EEGator

Yup.


10 posted on 11/08/2011 9:32:06 AM PST by Theo (May Rome decrease and Christ increase.)
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To: Theo

Thanks for the reply.


11 posted on 11/08/2011 9:33:40 AM PST by EEGator
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bfl


12 posted on 11/08/2011 9:34:00 AM PST by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: opbuzz

For some reason, I have never even liked honey to begin with.


13 posted on 11/08/2011 9:34:38 AM PST by MachIV
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To: SkyDancer

Where the bees go isn’t what makes it organic, what you do AFTER getting it from the bees is what does.


14 posted on 11/08/2011 9:34:53 AM PST by discostu (How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today)
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To: Hodar

I see that Trader Joe’s isn’t listed.

That’s good, I have bought their honey for some time.


15 posted on 11/08/2011 9:35:38 AM PST by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
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To: Rippin
that’s like saying there is no such thing as clover honey because the bees might take in some apple blossom while they are at it.

Or that saying a jar of honey is clover honey because some bee might have flown over a clover patch.

16 posted on 11/08/2011 9:38:27 AM PST by NewinTexsas
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I get my honey from a local Amish source here in WI.

Trust me....it has all the pollens the bees can gather!

IT AM GOOOOOOD!

17 posted on 11/08/2011 9:39:45 AM PST by Logic n' Reason (N/A)
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‘Keep here - locate local honey on a state by state basis and evaluate your trust of that individual.

http://www.honeyo.com/org-US_State.shtml

Not us though - we’ve more individual contacts than we can provide for.


18 posted on 11/08/2011 9:41:28 AM PST by NoNAIS (Yet another Government program not needed.)
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To: opbuzz

It is possible to feed your bees pure sugar. I bet there’s no pollen in the honey they produce when this is done.


19 posted on 11/08/2011 9:42:33 AM PST by mamelukesabre
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To: Red Badger

20 posted on 11/08/2011 9:42:33 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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