Eating pure Raw Honey goes back centuries and includes use among people of all cultures and regions, the rich and the poor. The Raw Honey is extracted directly from the beehive and kept in its pure form. It is unheated, unpasteurized and fully unprocessed.
But
as the popularity of honey increased, so did the ways in which it was
manufactured. Today, after over processing and pasteurization,
little, if any healing value is left in our supermarket variety
honeys.
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For
the average consumer, however, buying honey can be confusing because
we have been led to believe honey is good. And in the case of raw
honey that still holds true but the “fake” honey lining the
supermarket shelves is anything but good. Luckily, there are some
easy ways to avoid spending your money on this counterfeit honey.
Detect Fake Honey:
- Taste it! If you can taste things like flowers or herbs it’s real honey. Fake honey is just sweet, with a “honey-like” flavor.
- If your honey does not “crystallize” over time, it is likely ultra-filtered since pure honey will crystallize when you keep in your fridge or over time.
- Put a small drop of your honey on your thumb. If it spreads it is not pure since pure honey will stay in one place.
- Place a spoon of honey in a glass of water. If it dissolves it is fake. Pure honey will not dissolve in water and will sink to the bottom of the glass.
- Add a few drops of iodine to a glass of water and then add some honey. If your honey turns blue, it has been combined with corn starch and is not real honey.
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Place a dab of honey on the end of a matchstick and light it. If it
ignites, it is pure.
