Manuka honey

[Afternooninthepark]

Each to their own I know and we can spend our money how we see fit but is this not just a major rip off?
I’m browsing the Holland and Barrett site and came across a jar of this honey for £40 and though bloody hell then realised its in the Black Friday sale and is normally £80!!!
I know it’s know as a pricey item but I’ve never given it much thought before.
Why is it so expensive, what does it help with? Is it the elixir of life or something?

£7 in Aldi !

And even that would be a bit pricey for me haha!

I buy it in the local supermarket - and pay about £4. I've no idea why yours is so expensive. It has medicinal properties but at the end of the day it's just honey. You must be looking at a gold plated one.

I saw a documentary on manuka honey on YouTube the other day. It has amazing properties if you research it. It has to come from New Zealand and each batch has to be tested. There are different strengths of manuka honey so they will vary in price. I highly doubt the Aldi one is real or it’s probably a very low strength one.

*some supermarket ones are blended with runny honey as well

To be fair that's the most expensive one that can be traced back to thr hive so you know it's genuine.

Personally I don't see the benefits so it's not for me, but if it makes someone happy, each to their own.

It's honey made by bees that get nectar from the Manuka plant which is found in New Zealand. It's supposed to have antibacterial properties and there's a scale called UMF which measures how much of these properties there are in the honey. The higher the scale the higher the price.

I had a quick look at the reviews in H&B, most were just saying it was good for getting rid of sore throats quickly. One said it was great in the morning on toast. That’s a bloody expensive breakfast imo!

I am quite interested now to try some over the winter see if it helps, not at £80 thought, not sure even half price.

I spent £10 on a jar once, ate a spoonful and put the jar straight in the bin. Vile stuff. Even worse than the Tuscan chestnut honey I was given one year.

I saw that one on the shelf when last in H&B and actually commented to the sales assistant (who was asking me what was I looking for). She seemed unphased by the nearly £80 price!
I use honey all the time (eating, cooking, face masks, skin burns, insect bites) but when I buy Manuka (NOT this expensive ever) I use it only to eat. No idea how much better it is but any good quality honey is magic so this one must have extra healing and antibacterial properties.

It’s meant to have unique medicinal properties however I think it’s a bit hit and miss. Local honey though, that’s been produced as close to where you spend most of your time as possible, is proven to be very good for you indeed. Especially where environmental allergies are concerned. And it’s cheaper...

Go for Australian Manuka. It’s a fraction of the cost and research shows it’s exactly the same in regards to properties, it’s from trees in the same family as NZ Manuka and some of them are also Manuka spp just a little different to NZ. The issue is the Kiwi’s are trying to trademark Manuka Honey to protect their market. Don’t fall for it. Any species in the same family will have the same antibacterial properties and cost less.

And some companies are trying to pass off other honeys as Manuka honey... Called "honey-laundering"!

We have ponies and I use manuka honey on cuts and minor wounds. It is antibacterial and waterproof and stops dirt infecting the wounds. It doesn't set, even when left in a first aid box in a cold tack room, so a small jar lasts a long time. I wouldn't eat it, too expensive, but I have never paid £80 a jar either!

DH has some prescription stuff that he believes is the bee's knees. After he let a gravel-dust-filled wound heel but it was still festering 5 weeks alter. He was led to believe that it cost £30 for a small tube. I don't know why anyone needs to buy jarfulls of the stuff.

I always have manuka honey in the house, I always buy a high MGO level of manuka. I teach performing arts so really helps if I get sore throats. I know a lot of professional singers from the west end use it.

Manuka honey has some amazing properties if used properly.

There are different strains of Manuka, you'll find the cheaper ones have been mixed with ordinary honey. The more expensive the jar, the purer the manuka content (in theory)

Well worth the price.

@Jupiters