Tupelo honey

Color

Usually light golden amber with a greenish cast. [1]

Aroma

Not documented

Flavor

Mild and distinctive. [1]

Crystallization

Slow. Crystallizes very slowly, because it holds a lot of fructose. [1][2]

• White Ogeechee tupelo

  Nyssa ogeche

  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

United States

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

Étienne Lacroix-Carignan published the photo of Nyssa ogeche on iNaturalist under CC0 1.0: iNaturalist observation 143752249 (opens in a new tab).

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

The U.S. National Honey Board and the USDA grading manual give the values. No peer-reviewed study of tupelo honey is in the catalog yet.

1. [1]

   Honey Color and Flavor

   National Honey Board

   The U.S. National Honey Board describes the color and flavor of common U.S. honey varieties.

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2. [2]

   Extracted Honey Grading Manual

   U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, 1985

   The USDA manual for honey graders describes the main U.S. floral sources and groups them by flavor.

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• 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

We reviewed this record on Oct 14, 2026.