By: Bob Binnie 

Bee Culture Magazine

The debate on what constitutes good food seems to be endless.

Diets abound with notions that are as varied as the people expounding their virtues. This has put honey on some food hit lists being described as “just another sugar.” Nothing could be further from the truth.

Along with its antibacterial and antifungal properties, honey has been shown in multiple scientific and medical studies to have numerous health benefits. Honey contains over 180 substances, some of which allow our bodies to use it very differently than other carbohydrates. It is not “just another sugar.”

How good honey is for us, or whether it is any good at all, not only depends on how we use it, but also on how we process and store it.

This article will explore some of the chemistry of honey and how it can be affected by temperature, moisture, filtration and more. There are many pros and cons in honey processing, and knowledge of what we are dealing with can help us do a better job.

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From June to December, I sell pure natural honey from Georgia’s Piedmont and Blue Ridge Mountain regions. The flavor changes from season to season based on the weather and what plants are blooming. This honey is not processed, pasteurized or heated. It comes straight out of the hive and is strained through a food-grade 600 micron (coarse) filter to remove any excess wax particles. It retains all of the natural enzymes, vitamins, and flavor otherwise lost by heating and micro-filtering. Most grocery store honey is heated and blended. It’s “homogenized,” and the flavor is generic. Supermarket honey is sourced from all across the country (or globe), so there’s no way of knowing what you’re buying or where it came from.

2020 prices are based on $8.00 per pound. Check the link on my home page for market prices.

 8 fluid ounce (½ pint) jar (¾ pound/340 grams) of honey   $ 6.00     

16 fluid ounce (1 pint) jar (1 ½ pounds/680 grams) of honey   $ 12.00     

32 fluid ounce (1 quart) jar (3 pounds/1,360 grams) of honey   $ 24.00

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