Honey Laundering

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/1.../#.Ubupzdga6KL

If you ever needed a reason to shop your local farmer's markets for honey, this is a compelling argument.

Eye opening. I've been wanting to incorporate more honey into my cooking/diet and assumed a general "honey is honey" belief. Bad move on my part.

It looks like I, too, will be getting my honey from local Farmers Markets - if the sellers can provide me with some evidence that they package the honey themselves - from their own hives.

Yeah, I'm pretty pissed about the fact. I have several containers of "faux honey" that I now have to dispose of. Who knows what kind of crap has been added? [Rant1]

I had always heard that honey is the only food that will never go bad...is this true? And if so, does the filtering process that takes out the pollen affect this?

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Originally Posted by Guylee

I had always heard that honey is the only food that will never go bad...is this true? And if so, does the filtering process that takes out the pollen affect this?

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Once it "hardens" you should reconstitute to liquid form before using. Bacteria can form within the crystyalized honey. We get our honey from our daughter's neighbors in central CA. They also do olive oil.

This is something I learned about a few years ago. I love the stuff but won't touch it from a big chain store.Find a smaller locally based operation for 2 reasons. 1. You avoid the type of filtered out honey thats talked about in the article and 2 by using honey that is produced locally it helps out with allergies because of it having pollen content of the local plants. This is a def. situation where smaller operation is a better operation for the consumer.

Trout is right on with the reduction of allergies aspect of local honey.

Hmmm...and I just bought a big ass container at Costco. Need to see what brand it is. Usually I buy from a guy in sterling off the side of the road but didn't see him the last couple times I was up there. I love me some honey. Just had some on my chick fil a chicken biscuit!

Bad news is it was sue bee honey that chick fil a gives you....

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Originally Posted by Trout Hunter

This is something I learned about a few years ago. I love the stuff but won't touch it from a big chain store.Find a smaller locally based operation for 2 reasons. 1. You avoid the type of filtered out honey thats talked about in the article and 2 by using honey that is produced locally it helps out with allergies because of it having pollen content of the local plants. This is a def. situation where smaller operation is a better operation for the consumer.

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+1. There are some great local vendors at the farmers market in Monument. That is one of the only things I buy there.

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Originally Posted by Trout Hunter

This is something I learned about a few years ago. I love the stuff but won't touch it from a big chain store.Find a smaller locally based operation for 2 reasons. 1. You avoid the type of filtered out honey thats talked about in the article and 2 by using honey that is produced locally it helps out with allergies because of it having pollen content of the local plants. This is a def. situation where smaller operation is a better operation for the consumer.

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exactly what i was going to post