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Honey varieties

Mānuka honey

Bees make this honey from the nectar of mānuka. New Zealand rules identify export mānuka honey with chemical markers and a DNA test.

  • Photo of Leptospermum scoparium from an iNaturalist observation.Mānukanectar

White to amber

Mānuka honey

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The honey

Color

White to amber · 29.1 to 99 mm Pfund

Three commercial mānuka honeys measured 29.1 to 99 mm Pfund. [1][2]

Illustrative screen color. A screen cannot show a laboratory color.

Aroma
Not documented
Flavor
Not documented
Crystallization
Not documented

Where it comes from

Blossom (nectar)Botanical variety

  • Mānuka

    Leptospermum scoparium

    primary source · nectar

    Published honey references and standards name this source. In other regions, the honey can come from more or different species.

Documented in
New Zealand, Australia

The catalog names these countries. Honey of this type can come from other regions too.

Peter de Lange published the photo of Leptospermum scoparium on iNaturalist under CC0 1.0: iNaturalist observation 9593850.

Evidence

Emerging Profile

Published evidence exists but is limited, for example a government or trade-board description or one small study.

Two peer-reviewed studies measured the color of three commercial mānuka honeys. No study that we read gives the aroma, the flavor, or the crystallization yet.

Studies

  1. Comparison of Antioxidant Properties and Color of Selected Polish Honeys and Manuka Honey

    Majewska, E., Drużyńska, B., Derewiaka, D., Ciecierska, M., Pakosz, P.

    Foods, 2024

    Polish honeys and one commercial manuka honey, with Pfund color for each sample.

    DOI: 10.3390/foods13172666 · Open the source

  2. Physicochemical Composition of Local and Imported Honeys Associated with Quality Standards

    Raweh, H.S.A., Badjah-Hadj-Ahmed, A.Y., Iqbal, J., Alqarni, A.S.

    Foods, 2023

    40 local and imported honeys in Saudi Arabia with pollen checks and Pfund color, including sidr and manuka honeys.

    DOI: 10.3390/foods12112181 · Open the source

References

  • Main European unifloral honeys: descriptive sheets — International Honey Commission
  • Standard for Honey CXS 12-1981 — FAO / WHO Codex Alimentarius
  • Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey — European Union
  • Criteria for identifying monofloral and multifloral manuka honey — New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries
  • United States Standards for Grades of Extracted Honey — United States Department of Agriculture
  • Honey for nutrition and health: a review — Journal of the American College of Nutrition

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