This category explains honey in plain language: what raw honey is, why set honey goes thick, how creamed honey is made, and how to tell a real jar from a cheap blend. Read the guides below if you want to understand what is in the jar before you buy, store or use it.
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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Set honey is the jar a lot of people buy and then treat too carefully. They leave it at the back of the cupboard because it looks thick. That is a wasted jar. Set honey is one of the easiest honeys to use at home. It stays on the spoon. It stays on the bread.
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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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Have you ever wondered what honey looks like the moment it leaves the honeycomb – before anyone strains, filters or bottles it? That’s crude honey. Crude honey is the most natural, unprocessed state of honey you can get. It’s the sticky, golden substance bees have carefully stored in the comb, extracted by the beekeeper and
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Have you ever pulled an old jar of honey from the back of the cupboard and wondered whether it’s still good? Does honey expire? Can it go off? It’s one of the questions I hear most often from people who care about real food. The honest answer is reassuring. Pure, properly stored raw honey is
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If you’ve ever stood in the supermarket aisle staring at rows of golden jars and wondered whether what you’re buying is actually real honey, you’re not alone. Plenty of people across the UK ask the same question. Recent investigations have shown that a significant amount of honey on shop shelves fails basic authenticity checks, while