Nine in ten honey samples from UK retailers fail authenticity test
Nine in ten honey samples from UK retailers fail authenticity test
www.theguardian.com
Nine in ten honey samples from UK retailers fail authenticity test
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This is why I source my honey from local bees. It's tough to crack open each bee but genuine honey is worth it!
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You can toast the bee shells in the oven.
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What is an authenticity test? Illegally spiked honey?
Edit: Illegally spiked honey.
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So it’s basically sugar syrup.
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Maple flavored syrup
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Not seen this come up in a while, apparently olive oil is full of fakes too.
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I mean, it makes sense. A lot of these retailers have their operations based in places that should be legitimately terrible for producing their specific products. Faking it is all they have.
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The real fucked up part is how bees assemble dangerous chemicals from a wide zone around where they live. So if the farm is near pesticides, they will be collected too. Studies showed that almost all honey is contaminated this way
So basically, unless you're buying honey yourself from some very remote sources, it's not the good stuff
Now wait until you read about fake olive oils and their mafias...
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Apparently that's why there is no organic honey produced in the UK. You need to be a certain distance away from land that is sprayed with chemicals to get organic certification for your honey and nowhere in the UK is that far away.
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This happens everywhere, not just the UK. Buy local honey.
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Or no honey
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as addictive as cocaine and just as stepped on
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Bless the free market, making everything better!