We want to celebrate the delicious world of set honey! As a nation, we in the UK tend to prefer runny honey, but thanks to the Honey Hunter’s skill in finding amazing honeys from around the world as well as from our fair shores, fans of set honey have a wide choice of delicious raw set honeys to choose from. What is set honey? Perhaps the reason why some people prefer runny honey over set honey is because of the misconception that set honey … [Read more...]
Jarrah honey – the new manuka
Jarrah honey is Australia’s very own and unique answer to its more famous rival manuka honey. Like manuka honey, Jarrah has unusually strong antibacterial properties but jarrah honey is exceptional because it is 2 to 3 times higher in antioxidants than manuka. This is why jarrah honey is gaining a reputation as a healing honey thanks to its unique combination of antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. What is jarrah honey? Jarrah honey … [Read more...]
Raw Honey: A Guide for Consumers
Honey – it’s delicious, natural and a real marvel of nature as it’s made by thousands of bees working in harmony. Raw honey can be runny or set, dark in colour or very pale and light or something in between, and produced from mainly a single type of flower or several types! What exactly is raw honey? While there is no specific industry definition of what raw honey is, there are some clear guidelines on what it means and what to look for as a … [Read more...]
Heather Honey: An Introduction
August and September are the months when stunning patchworks of beautiful heather blooms are at their best, and where there is heather, there is heather honey. The British Isles produces an amazing variety of runny and set honeys from all types of flowers and trees but heather honey stands out above them all thanks to its distinct taste, colour and texture that combine to create an unforgettable honey. What is Heather Honey? Heather honey is … [Read more...]
Honey Hunter Explains About Runny Honey and Set Honey
What sort of honey eater are you? Do you like to dip your spoon into a jar of deliciously runny honey like Ogilvy’s new raw Borage honey, or do you prefer your honey to be set like the raw British Wild Woodland Honey? Do you know your runny honey from your set honey? Why does honey sometimes set or crystallize? What is this all about? If you buy runny honey and it crystallizes, does it mean there is something wrong? Well, no – quite the … [Read more...]
The Honey Hunter Explains About Manuka Honey
The Honey Hunter has recently launched a new range of British honeys, but is also seeking to add to his iconic world honeys, and has started hunting for a suitable manuka honey that would complement the distinctive and delicious range of Ogilvy’s honeys for which the Honey Hunter is justifiably proud. But what exactly is manuka honey? With the search well under way, the Honey Hunter has taken a moment to explain some of the basics of manuka honey … [Read more...]
Good News for Bees – And Fans of Raw Honey
It’s time for some good news about the honey bee – at least in the UK. Without them there would be no delicious raw honey to spread on your breakfast toast or to drizzle over a bowl of Greek yoghurt, not to mention the billions of pounds worth of crop pollination work they do every year. Dramatic Rise in Registered Bee Colonies The good news is that there has been a dramatic rise in the number of registered bee colonies in the UK rising from … [Read more...]
New Zealand Honey – So Much More than Manuka Honey
It is unlikely that anyone who has even a passing interest in honey has not heard about the miraculous benefits and properties of New Zealand’s most famous honey export: Manuka honey. This is of course not surprising as it is a truly remarkable honey and so completely understandable that singing stars, celebrities and top level athletes as well as the general public are falling over themselves to get their hands on a jar of it. However, for … [Read more...]
Why can’t you give honey to under one year olds?
Everyone knows that children under one year of age should not be given honey, but not many people know why. Although a delicious natural sweetner, honey carries a risk of botulism which can cause food poisoning which if not treated can result in death. Botulinum spores are actually widely found throughout nature. In fact, botulinum spores can appear in other sweeteners, such as maple syrup or corn syrup and can even be found in dust, … [Read more...]
Winter Warming Breakfast
Breakfast is always a rush in my house and with the cold weather descending, the cereal with cold milk combo seems, well, a bit chilly. While porridge is good for half the week, with Zambezi Plains stirred through for a real zing, sometimes only toast will hit the spot and here’s a child friendly recipe I came across for a honey nut spread which has gone down a storm at my breakfast table – basically roast off ½ cup of pecans in a hot oven until … [Read more...]
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