Full of sugar? It's HONEY! This sugar demonisation needs to stop. :laughing:

According to the website, this is from Argentina one of the largest producers in the world and supposedly one of the best.

Less than £1 a jar now on Amazon ; https://www.amazon.co.uk/Healeys-Honey-Glass-Jar-Pack/dp/B00GZKT0H8

I so wish it was nice as I would have stocked up

I know , but it is nice to have a rant about my disappointment and also warns other real actual nice flavour honey lovers if this offer comes on again!

I ordered another set of 10 jars before the promotion ran out just in CASE they turned up this time and they DID .... BUT I don't like the honey , watery , syrupy , not a nice honey flavour or aroma , even value honey is better than this and it reminds me of the cheap stuff I hated from the pound shop but didn't take a chance that time and bought one jar which was YUK yet this is not far behind , can see why it is sold at a pound now! Awful stuff!! :neutral_face:

This is the bees knees..hot.

I never got to try it .... My 10 jars didn't show up and they didn't substitute them :disappointed:

I hope this is nice!

Have ordered 10 jars! I love honey and don't use sugar so am going to stock up on these if they arrive with my grocery shop!

The only honey I have been truly disappointed with is one I bought in the pound shop , it tasted like syrup and NOTHING like honey at all

Apologies if you thought that was agressive, that certainly wasn't or ever will be my intention. :smiley:

I can see lots of comments but they're not exactly conclusive. Your links highlight particular problems in China and the US who have significantly less legislation and standards for importation and agriculture in general. This is why years ago there was a ban on honey from china in the EU so they sent it to the US where it was fine and still legal. India has recently had an EU import ban reversed because they basically couldn't initially provide assurance of quality.

EU and UK law require all consignments of honey that are imported or otherwise to be tested and properly labeled to ensure purity and quality. When you think of honey you think of a natural, whole food and that is the purpose of the EU directives and The Honey Regulations 2003.
I found it somewhat interesting (probably alone in that :wink:) but it basically lays out how much of each type sugar is permitted thus preventing the adding of cheaper syrups whilst allowing for natural variance. It also allows filtration with no affect on the label i.e. you can still label the honey as natural and you don't have to label it as filtered honey. Some may argue this process ruins the honey somewhat however I'd prefer not to have bits of bees etc floating in my jar. :smile:

If we were in the US or something, I'd be completely agreeing with you.

Don't get so aggressive about it, as you can see lots of comments mention this.
Honey, like wine and olive oil, is largely counterfeit, in some way or another.

http://www.greenprophet.com/2014/04/why-not-buy-supermarket-honey/
http://honeyfanatic.com/937/fake-honey-stores-learn-identify-real/
http://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/trends-news/slideshow/counterfeit-foods/?slide=2
http://www.danwei.com/60-70-of-honey-in-jinan-is-fake/
http://shanghaiist.com/2013/07/30/up_to_70_of_chinas_honey_is_fake_mi.php

If your buying honey make it manuka..

all UK honey has to be as stated on the label. USA honey is probably crap but EU honey is good stuff. I even tested it.

Is there a source for this or is it basically a honey conspiracy theory?
Honey is pure sugar so even if it was filled with sugary additives, they'd probably be the same as the ones found in honey. Not that I approve of such methods of course.

I think China and India were previously banned from importing into the EU because they failed to meet basic standards. India might still be banned actually but they're happy with the US market afaik.

No money, no honey.... :wink:

where can i get pure honey from , even manuka is apparantly not pure, despite being reallyt expensive

Probably flavoured and will taste like Sugar Puffs...

He meant it is not really pure honey but mixed with sugary replacements, which I think is correct.

I finally got it! :laughing:

But does it have wheels in the heels?

anything but pure lol ...

Honey for my honey, sugar for my sugar.

iSweetTooth

a jar of honey for £1, how do they do it?

of course full of sugar.mix of eu and non eu honey.rubbish!

No, Irish :smirk:

Is it Chinese?