What You Need to Know About Honey

It’s probably not too difficult to remember, what “raw” means when you associate it with uncooked vegetables and meat whereby any form of heating is avoided so as to ensure all the natural vitamins and enzymes, and other raw whole foods nutrients and health benefits are preserved.

Raw honey honeybees produce from the nectar of flowers. Raw Honey is unheated, unpasteurized. Pure means not mixed, or pure honey does not have anything added to it.

A lot of honey found in the market is not raw honey but “commercial” regular honey, some of them has been pasteurized. Pasteurization kills yeast cells in the honey and prevents fermentation. Heating also slows down the speed of crystallization in liquid honey. The other side, when honey is heated, its delicate aromas, yeast and enzymes which are responsible for activating vitamins and minerals in the body system are partially destroyed.

Raw honey granulates over the time and is not crystal clear

Usually raw honey, unfiltered honey can only be purchased directly from the bee farm. Characterized by fine textured crystals, it looks cloudier and contains particles and flecks made of bee pollen, honeycomb bits, propolis, and even broken bee wing fragments. Raw unfiltered honey health benefits include high level of live enzymes, higher energy level, better digestion, and high antioxidant level. Raw, natural honey will usually granulate and crystallize to a thick consistency after a few weeks or months. It depends from water content in the honey and must be less than 19%.