What is Organic Honey ~
or Organic Raw Honey ~
or Certified Organic Honey?

Raw Organic Honey or Organic Raw Honey are really the same with just a slight difference, Organic honey undergoes strict regulations and a process of straining before it is bottled and sold.

Raw organic honey simply is the honey still in the bee hive, completely untouched by anything other than the bees, this is the one you really need to try.

There are reasons you will rarely find these types of Honey in the UK. Because the UK is so densly populated there are rarely any real safe distances for a honey farmer to run a honey farm.

I do however, have it on good authority, that some types of Scotish and Cornish are excellent sources of honey, they are said to be very good indeed.

Normally, more as a way of selling the product than anything else this organic honey will have a label telling you it contains "Royal Jelly"

However, personally I do not like the name "organic" on my jars of honey because there are far too many mass producers using the name as a way to lure the customer into making a purchase.

Honey farming is quite an intricate business including the area of bees pollination so no organic beekeeper worth his salt in the farming of honey would dare to abuse the most stringent testing that all honey producing countries should insist upon.

All the equipment that is used during production must be super clean, it must be free from chemicals unless it is PCO (point of control and observation) approved and washed thoroughly with fresh hot water. This of course extends to the honey bee hives.

It can never have been heated by more than 35 degree Celcius because its wonderful properties would be destroyed and we would not benefit from it all. We may as well just eat a jar of disgusting corn syrup!

Any packaging of this honey must have labelling referring to where it came from, it must at all times be traceable. If ever there has been an infection of any kind in the bee hives they must be de-contaminated and not used again for a minimum of one year.

You may like to read the Full Document from usda.gov.

As with any form of honey the taste will always depend upon the flowers the honey bees have collected their nectar from and can vary greatly in colour and strength.

Manuka Honey

Ulmo Honey

Lehua Honey

Sourwood Honey

Tupelo Honey

Buckwheat Honey

Each one of the above will be a certified organic honey so long as it arrives from the "real" supplier. Never, ever purchase anything you are suspicious of!

I am may be being a little unfair towards organic honey farmers, however this just enforces the fact their labelling must be adhered to correctly.

Some good quality organic varieties will add "royal jelly" because it's "what the customer wants" is their argument. Royal Jelly is actually the food source each honey bee queen is fed throughout her life.

There are of course many people who believe in the benefits of royal jelly because it makes them feel good. There is nothing wrong with that at all.

This is quite an intricate business extracting the royal jelly from the cells of the honeycomb. It is achieved by using really tiny spoons to scoop it out!

It's my guess if you are reading this page that you are a lover of organic products, perhaps you would like to read what Kris has to say about

Kris has a great website packed full of information about organic foods. Have you ever considered how nice it would be to grow your own organic produce? Honey bees will love this as much as you. It's all about the health of your soil and gardening practices.

Growing an organic vegetable garden is a super way to start and also helps to keep our own carbon footprints under control. Jane is the expert here, giving you all the tips and information you will need to get you started and more.

I am very happy to direct you to this super website owned and written by Rhonda, she is by far the expert in her field of certified organic food. I have enjoyed her site immensely and am sure you will too.In fact the organic food industry is such strong business nowadays there are even organic supermarkets!

A really good honey is a superfood, which can even be included on a diabetic food list although you should of course follow the guidelines of your personal diet which you would have or should have discussed with your own doctor or dietician.

One of my personal favourite honey's comes from Australia where there are around 25,000,000 acres of clear areas in which to run an organic honey farm.

This is a beautiful wildflower honey and purely my choice because it tastes like butterscotch and I do have a very sweet tooth even when enjoying the benefits of eating honey.

Organic raw honey, or most types of honey products as gifts are absolutely such a wonderful choice as there is such a vast array of them. I would be in honey heaven if these were bought for me.

Nearly all good quality honey is delicious in my eyes to taste but the best to eat for health reasons is most definitely honey straight from the hive!

The health benefits of honey are there for us all unless of course you having a baby, in which case you must speak with your doctor before eating anything raw.

It is unwise for children under the age of twelve months as they are said to not yet be able to digest honey safely.