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Oneroot Natural Raw Buckwheat Honey
Northern Ontario, Canada · Oneroot
Typical jar price$17.00 – $29.00
Pure Peninsula Honey Eucalyptus Honey
Victoria (Bendigo, Mildura); extracted at Moorooduc, Mornington Peninsula · Pure Peninsula Honey
Typical jar price$7.58 – $12.64
Littleover Apiaries English Heather Honey
North York Moors and Peak District, England · Littleover Apiaries
Typical jar price$9.94
Oca Nera Chestnut Honey (Miel de Châtaigneraie AOP)
Vignale, Haute-Corse, Corsica (AOP Miel de Corse – Mele di Corsica) · Oca Nera
Typical jar price$7.89 – $22.54
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Ames Farm
Ames Farm is a Minnesota beekeeping business that sells raw single-source honey, including basswood, buckwheat and jewelweed honey, plus comb honey and beeswax candles, through its website. It lists its address as 2425 County Road 127 in Delano, and it sells at Mill City Farmers Market in Minneapolis. No farm-store hours are published, so order online or contact the farm before visiting.
Bare Honey
Bare Honey is a Minnesota beekeeping business with a listed address at 635 9th St SE, Suite 160 in Minneapolis. Its website sells Minnesota honeys such as Minnesota Amber and Minnesota Clover, plus buckwheat, linden, wildflower and organic raw honey, gift sets and mini honey bears. Its contact page lists no store hours or phone, so order online or write to info@barehoney.com before visiting.
Chicago Honey Co-op
Urban beekeeping collective operating hives on rooftops and community gardens throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, producing hyper-local single-origin raw honey. Their varietal offerings include linden blossom, sweet clover, and urban wildflower honey. Products are sold at regional farmers markets and their Milwaukee Ave storefront in the Avondale neighborhood.
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What Is Raw Honey?
Raw honey is extracted from the hive and strained without heating above 118°F (48°C). Unlike supermarket honey — often pasteurized at 150°F+ and ultra-filtered — raw honey retains its natural enzymes, pollen, propolis, and over 200 bioactive compounds. Research published in the Journal of Apicultural Research shows raw honey has significantly higher antioxidant activity than processed varieties.
The flavor, color, and nutritional profile of honey depend almost entirely on the floral source — the flowers bees visit to collect nectar. Manuka from New Zealand tastes nothing like mild clover from the American Midwest, or the intensely floral lavender honey of Provence. Exploring these differences is the heart of what we do.
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What is raw honey and how is it different from regular honey?
Raw honey is extracted from the hive and strained without heating above 118°F (48°C) or pasteurizing. Regular honey is usually heated to 150–170°F and filtered, which reduces enzymes such as diastase, destroys natural yeasts and removes pollen. Raw honey keeps its pollen and more of its aroma; no study shows it is healthier to eat.
Does honey expire or go bad?
Sealed honey stored at room temperature keeps for years. It has too little free water for most microbes to grow (water activity 0.5–0.6 at 16–18.3% moisture, per the National Honey Board) and it is acidic (average pH 3.9). That stops growth; it does not make honey sterile, and honey that takes on water can ferment. Crystallization is a normal texture change, not spoilage. Never give honey to a child younger than 12 months.
How many types of honey are there?
There are over 300 distinct honey varieties worldwide, classified primarily by floral source. Common types include clover, wildflower, manuka, buckwheat, acacia, and orange blossom. Each variety has a unique flavor profile, color, and nutritional composition determined by the nectar source.
Is honey healthier than sugar?
Honey and table sugar are both concentrated sweeteners. Honey adds its own flavor, but trace compounds and research findings do not make every jar a healthier choice or a medical treatment. Compare the portion and total sugar in the food you actually eat.
How can you tell if honey is real or fake?
Not at home. Read the name and ingredient list (it should say only "honey") and look for a named producer, origin and lot code; these help traceability but prove nothing. Crystallization, aroma and the water or thumb tests vary in genuine honey and cannot detect added syrup. Laboratories detect adulteration with methods such as isotope ratio (C4 sugar) analysis and NMR profiling.
Can you give honey to babies?
Never give honey to infants under 12 months old. Honey can contain Clostridium botulinum spores that cause infant botulism — a rare but potentially fatal illness. After age 1, a child's digestive system is mature enough to handle these spores safely. This applies to all forms of honey, including cooked and baked goods containing honey.
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