Manuka Honey

[Sunflower03]

Hi,


Can mummies here provide the price for the Manuka Honey?

Thanks

[honey3]

Hi everyone,


Pls find the price as follow.

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We accept pre-orders for delivery in Jun 2013 for Father's Day promotion.

Email your orders to: [email protected]

[Harlequin]

Hi, just to share… there are only a handful of Manuka honey suppliers in NZ… they sold the honey in barrels, in tons, to different brands, those so called manufacturers to package and market… most of the familiar brands in the market are sourcing their honey from the same supplier. There isn’t really much difference, really.


UMF 15+ and above are not allowed to export by the NZ authority. If you see UMF 25+ selling outside NZ, that’s probably a bluff, or smuggled.

[keroppi]

Hope I haven't been conned :sad:


I bought Blue Hills (Tasmanian) UMF25+ for $51+ (50ml bottle) from the food festival @ Expo last year (there was a 20% discount). Thought I got a good deal.

This is not the brand of Manuka Honey I usually get though.

[Coolkidsrock2]

happyheart:

Hubby is going to Sydney for business trip next week, thinking of asking him to buy Manuka honey. I usually purchase 'Woodlands brand' UMF 15+ from guardian pharmacy but I find the price rocketing last few years. Trying to cut cost a bit, can anyone advise which brand of Manuka honey from Australia is good for primary school kids? I would like to buy at least UMF 15++.

Is UMF label unique to New Zealand and Australia is more active something, true?

Thanks in advance!

I normally buy the brand Super Bee when I am in Australia. It is available here but cheaper when buying there.

[geraline.042523sung]

Wah this is interesting! For a starter like me, do you think that i should start the eu yan sang Manuka Honey Total Activity 15+ since it was given to me as a gift? Do i need to avoid anything while consuming this product?


http://www.euyansang.com.sg/i-know/honey-propolis/manuka-honey-total-activity-15.html

[Funz]

I've been giving kids manuka honey UMF 10+ to 15+ since they were todds. A tablespoon neat when they complain of sore throat or as a drink with lunch or dinner. However, lately, DS has been rejecting the honey saying that he gets a tummy ache after he drinks it. Other honey he is fine but Manuka honey gives him a tummy ache.

[happyheart]

Coolkidsrock2:

happyheart:

Hubby is going to Sydney for business trip next week, thinking of asking him to buy Manuka honey. I usually purchase 'Woodlands brand' UMF 15+ from guardian pharmacy but I find the price rocketing last few years. Trying to cut cost a bit, can anyone advise which brand of Manuka honey from Australia is good for primary school kids? I would like to buy at least UMF 15++.

Is UMF label unique to New Zealand and Australia is more active something, true?

Thanks in advance!

I normally buy the brand Super Bee when I am in Australia. It is available here but cheaper when buying there.

Thanks, I will ask Hubby to check it out.

[jtoh]

i was at GNC and noticed that the manuka honey does not come with UMF certification anymore. the salesgirl says that a lot of honey doesn’t come with it anymore bec it’s expensive to attain certification. they now come stating active 10+, active 15+ etc. is this true, that many of the manuka honey don’t come with UMF certification anymore?

[Attolia]

jtoh:

i was at guardian pharmacy and noticed that the manuka honey does not come with UMF certification anymore. the salesgirl says that a lot of honey doesn't come with it anymore bec it's expensive to attain certification. they now come stating active 10+, active 15+ etc. is this true, that many of the manuka honey don't come with UMF certification anymore?

There's apparently a difference between 'active' and 'UMF':

From http://nzmanukanatural.com/blog/difference-between-umf-active-mgo/

“Active” Manuka Honey

All “Active” means is that the honey in question has some sort of peroxide activity. All honey in the world is “active” in some way or another and when tested will give a reading. This is because all honeys have some sort of “peroxide” activity. Two important facts need to be kept in mind:

If a honey is “active”, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the honey is anti-bacterial, and
There are no laws, regulations, or governing bodies in place to control putting “Active” on jars of Manuka honey.
This means that anyone anywhere can put “Active 10+”, “Active 12+”, “Active 16+”, or even “Active 2,000+” on a jar of Manuka honey and it doesn’t necessarily mean anything. Imagine that! You pay good money for a jar of “Manuka honey Active 16+” and you actually just get a jar that has some Manuka honey while being mixed with other multi-floral honeys (similar to what you might find at the supermarket). There is no regulation here, so anyone can claim “Active” and put any number after it.

“UMF” Manuka Honey

UMF stands for “Unique Manuka Factor.” It tells you what the full non-peroxide antibacterial rating of the Manuka honey is. Since Manuka honey’s antibacterial nature comes from many factors, the UMF rating takes them all into account (including the MGO factor) and gives you a final rating. The most common UMF ratings are UMF 5+, UMF 10+, UMF 15+, and UMF 20+. The “+” after the number just means that it could be more than the number given, but that it won’t be less. For example, a jar of UMF 15+ has a UMF factor of at least 15, but could be higher.

In 1981 a professor at Waikato University in New Zealand, Dr Peter Molan, identified that honey from some strains of the New Zealand Manuka bush (Leptospermum scoparium) contain extraordinary, very stable and powerful non-peroxide antibacterial properties. They are naturally present and not found in any other variety of honey. He then coined the term “Unique Manuka Factor” to describe these properties.

The UMF rating is audited and regulated by the Unique Manuka Factor Honey Association (UMFHA) in New Zealand. Manuka honey that carries the UMF rating is tracked from the Apiaries (the Bee Keeper’s yard) through to the packaging factory. Every jar can be traced back to the individual Apiary and to the lab that tested its batch for the UMF potency. Each jar of UMF Manuka honey will have what you see to the right; a date of manufacturing, a best before date, and a batch number (which is used for tracking as described above).

The UMF standard is a global and authoritative standard. Its supply chain is independently audited and verified. No one can use the UMF label anywhere in the world unless they adhere to the stringent UMF auditing process required to ensure the ratings and labels are accurate.