This is one of the first questions people ask when a jar turns thick. If set honey looks more “natural”, does that mean it is better for you than runny honey? The honest answer is simpler than the internet usually makes it. Set honey is not automatically healthier than runny honey. If both jars started
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You’ve just opened a jar of honey and it’s thick, creamy and sits perfectly on your knife. Or maybe it’s clear, golden and pours like syrup. One is set honey. The other is runny. And if you’ve ever wondered which is better, or why some jars stay liquid while others turn solid, you’re not alone.
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If you live in Nottingham, Derby or the villages between them, the best set honey is not the one that travelled the farthest. It is the one that came from hives a short drive away. Local set honey is raw honey from a known place that has crystallised naturally. It tastes of the fields, hedgerows,
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If you’ve been looking at local honey jars and seen both “set honey” and “creamed honey” on the labels, you’re probably wondering what the actual difference is. They both look thick. They both spread. So are they the same thing? Set honey and creamed honey are related, but they’re not identical. One happens naturally. The
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Set honey is honey that has undergone a completely natural process of crystallisation, turning it thick, cloudy and spreadable instead of runny. In the UK it’s called set honey (or “soft set” when it’s been guided into a particularly smooth texture). It’s not old, it’s not spoiled, and it’s certainly not inferior. In many ways,
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Have you ever stood in the supermarket honey aisle and wondered whether any of those jars actually came from bees near you? The honest version of that shelf is here: Supermarket Honey in the UK: What Are You Really Buying? Most of us have. The label might say “British honey” or even “local”, yet the
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