Honey & Syrups
Mānuka Honey
New Zealand
Honey from bees working mānuka flowers, thick, dark and graded by its methylglyoxal content.
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What it is
A closer look at Mānuka Honey.
Honey from bees working mānuka flowers, thick, dark and graded by its methylglyoxal content.
What to look for
Know it when you find it.
Check the UMF or MGO number on the jar — that is what the price tracks. Genuine mānuka is thixotropic: it firms up when left still.
Where it belongs
Origins and
traditions.
Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Mānuka Honey.
Names around the table
One food, more than one name.
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