Actually it is ok to use metal spoon. The reason is after the bee keepers return to the factory to process the honey, they will use a hot metal knife to slice one side of the honey comb open. And they will place them in a metal drum to spin the honey out from it (image a bigger version of washing machine during spinning dry). After that they will put it thru for filtering (with a metal base) and heating then store in food grade metal drums (those you see in trucks on the high way) before they are packed into plastic bottles for retail. All the processing steps involves coming into contact with metal. Therefore if metal can damage the quality of the honey then it should have been damaged at the very beginning. So i dont think metal can really damage the quality of honey. I feel it is just a myth. Anyway, they have to use metal along the entire processing process so that they can be certified by authorities to process food grade products. Hope this info helps.
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RE: Manuka Honey
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RE: Manuka Honey
Pregnant women can take honey. But do not give children less than 1 year old due to fear of child botulism. Cos honey might contain the botulism spores, which is found in nature, will grow in the intestine and release in botulism toxin. Cos the infant stomach not strong enough to inhibit the spores from growing so dont give to infant. Try to wait longer to give infant lah. 1 year is average but all individual unique. so dont give so soon lah. Botulism can be serious.
Adult stomach strong, so no prob. can eat including pregnant lady. -
RE: Manuka Honey
@micollh - If the active one is working then no point upgrading. Just stick to what works And also if taking Active honey no need to buy manuka one. Cos the word Manuka by itself commands a premium. Since the strength of Active honey is laboratory tested, it should be the same regardless of honey type.
@schweppes - The pricing difference can be very significant one. And sometime because of the confusion between active and umf people might feel that they kena con money or found super good bargain but actually it is not. Most importantly is know what we are paying for can liao.
There's a saying about dont use metal spoon for honey. Not sure how true it is lah but since the whole world says so...so stick to it bah. -
RE: Manuka Honey
The difference is very significant and also the pricing.
All honey has certain level of antibacteria property that's why long long time ago during stoneage or during eygptian time they use honey to apply as wound care and also take it orally for health benefit. This type of honey is call Active. This active honey is tested with a rating to show its strength of antibacteria property.
In New Zealand, there is a type of honey call Manuka honey which not only can kill bacteria (which is normal for all honey) but can even kill antibiotic resistance bacteria. Then researchers subsequently found out that this type of special strength antibacteria property kills bacteria in a totally difference mechanism that was not seen before. And they call this type of special strength manuka honey contains UMF - Unique Manuka Factor.
So to keep things simple...Active honey is any honey that can kill bacteria not restricted to manuka. So longan honey or bush honey or any type can be called Active as long as it is laboratory certified. eg is this active NZ honey http://www.honeynz.co.nz/store/cat121/active+honey/p156/Active10+Wild+Flora.html
UMF on the other hand is only found in manuka honey. And it laboratory tested to kill bacteria in a difference mechanism from normal or active honey. So to say, UMF honey kills bacteria via the normal mechanism and also the special mechanism. Also UMF rated honey has been approved by US FDA to be applied as wound care. The company that produce this is Comvita.
As such, pricing is very different. Active cheaper. UMF damn ex. Can check the difference if you go Natural Farm and GNC. The price difference is huge.
Hope the info helps a bit long it is the shortest i can go lah. If not very confusing this topic. -
RE: Manuka Honey
Do note the difference between Manuka UMF honey and Active Manuka honey. They are very different.