Price of Honey

[stringvest]

Various varieties in Ayres Bakers ... ?7.50 a pot seems a bit expensive. Maybe one should keep a bee?

[Help-Ma-Boab]

?7.50 for a jar of honey. You would certainly have been stung by a bee if you bought that!

[Earl Aelfheah]

How big is that pot!

[Mustard]

Yes, seen that honey advertised in their window. From memory, just a normal sized jar, but it's 'local' ooh err, honey. They must be buying it from a local producer and marking it up by about fifty percent.

Ayre's prices for some things are ridiculous, one roll is about 70 pence. Their hot cross buns are also expensive, in my opinion.

[KalamityKel]

How much is a jar of honey in other independant establishments?

[Salsaboy]

All depends on what you get. That Manuka stuff costs a bloody fortune.

[Blah Blah]

I get honey from khan's on Rye Lane. ?2 for a big jar and it has a piece of the actual honeycomb in it, which is a nice touch.

[DulwichFox]

Yes, I have had the same from what was the Turkish Deli in Lordship Lane.

Unfortunately it is not honey but a sweet syrup.. It is very common in Tourist areas in Turkey and other Destinations.

Real Honey can be expensive..

Holland & Barrett

Hilltop Wildflower Honey 340g ?6.49.

Well Beeing Active Manuka Honey 20+ 375g ?40.99

You cannot buy Real Honey for ?2.00

DulwichFox

[DaveR]

"You cannot buy Real Honey for ?2.00"

So if you buy a ?2 jar of honey, what's inside? Something made by ants?

[DulwichFox]

DaveR Wrote:

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> "You cannot buy Real Honey for ?2.00"

>

> So if you buy a ?2 jar of honey, what's inside?

> Something made by ants?

It is 'Honey Flavoured' cheap high fructose corn syrup .. And that's basically it..

DulwichFox.

[Jeremy]

The cheap Sainsburys/Tesco honey is one-pound-something and is not diluted with syrup (as far as I know).

[*Bob*]

Honey is made by bees. Anything not made by bees isn't honey. That's what honey is, honey. So all honey is honey.

But of course there are different types of honey. Some bees are fed with artificial sugars and syrups which apparently makes less good honey. Some people think honey made from a certain variety of plants nectar tastes different or better. Some honey is filtered, removing pollen amongst other less desirable things.

But it's all still honey.

That said, nice honey does cost more. It tastes of bees.

[JohnL]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> DaveR Wrote:

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> > "You cannot buy Real Honey for ?2.00"

> >

> > So if you buy a ?2 jar of honey, what's inside?

>

> > Something made by ants?

>

> It is 'Honey Flavoured' cheap high fructose corn

> syrup .. And that's basically it..

>

> DulwichFox.

Rowse original squeezy is 2 quid - Do I have corn syrup :)

[Jeremy]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> It tastes of bees.

May as well just cut out the middle man and make a nice bee stew.

[Otta]

But the de-stinging is very labour intensive.

[*Bob*]

The bottom line is that it's illegal to label and sell something that isn't honey (such as corn syrup) as 'honey'.

Whether or not you believe corn syrup to be lurking illegally inside many jars of inexpensive 'honey' is a different question. Or whether you can tell the difference, or care one way or the other..

[Earl Aelfheah]

There is pasturised honey and 'raw' honey. Raw honey, especially Manuka is very expensive because some folk believe it has 'healing properties'. It's a bit of a fad imo - just clever marketing designed to cause a 'buzz' (see what I did there).

[BrandNewGuy]

My father did legal work for Birds/General Foods back in the 70s when they were set to launch 'Honey Pudding'. He pointed out that it didn't contain any honey at all, so they couldn't call it that. Within minutes the marketing team had come up with 'Hunny Pudding' and the rest is (very unpleasant tasting) history.

[Earl Aelfheah]

http://www.webmd.boots.com/vitamins-and-minerals/manuka-honey

[DaveR]

"It is 'Honey Flavoured' cheap high fructose corn syrup .. And that's basically it.. "

I'm afraid, not for the first time, you're talking out of your a***

[DulwichFox]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> The bottom line is that it's illegal to label and

> sell something that isn't honey (such as corn

> syrup) as 'honey'.

No its not... As long as it does not say Raw, Natural Honey.. it can be labelled ay 'Honey'

Foxy

[Earl Aelfheah]

http://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/multimedia/pdfs/honeyguidance.pdf

there are lots of regulations covering the labelling of honey.

[DulwichFox]

DaveR Wrote:

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> "It is 'Honey Flavoured' cheap high fructose corn

> syrup .. And that's basically it.. "

>

> I'm afraid, not for the first time, you're talking

> out of your a***

Then the 100's of web sites that explain the situation with genuine and artificial honey

are also talking out of their a***s.

With the US being the biggest perpretrator of this fraud.

So get of your soap box and do some research.

DF

[*Bob*]

Now let me guess.. "USA food industry websites say Chinese honey is bad"

Yep. Roger that.

[Earl Aelfheah]

In the US perhaps, but it is very difficult to buy adulterated honey in the UK - and it's certainly illegal to sell it.