Diluted With Sugar Syrup
A huge amount of cheap 'honey' on supermarket shelves is bulked out with rice or corn syrup. You're paying for honey and getting flavoured sugar water.
Honey is one of the most faked foods in the world. Much of what's sold as "honey" in supermarkets isn't the pure, natural product you think you're buying. Here's what's really going on.
A huge amount of cheap 'honey' on supermarket shelves is bulked out with rice or corn syrup. You're paying for honey and getting flavoured sugar water.
Labels like 'blend of EU and non-EU honeys' mean it's mixed from multiple countries and mass processed — you have no idea where it actually came from.
To look clear and pour easily, cheap honey is heated and fine-filtered. This strips out the pollen, enzymes and antioxidants that make honey good for you.
Once honey is blended and processed on an industrial scale, there's no way to trace it back to a single hive or beekeeper.
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