Fermented honey. A new one on me!!!

[dpearce4]

http://localhoneyman.co.uk/fermented-raw-honey/

Love the blarney. You have to give it to them great selling idea lol.

 

[charlievictorbravo]

Looks like the story of Manuka Honey all over again!

CVB

 

[dpearce4]

its one of the things that should only be sold as cooking honey isn't it?

 

[Gilberdyke John]

http://localhoneyman.co.uk/fermented-raw-honey/

Love the blarney. You have to give it to them great selling idea lol.

Sharp as a tack
Makes use of what we're told is unsaleable waste and if taken to the limit extraction of high water content "honey" should give faster yields, maybe even more product during the season.
Quite what the men from the ministry would make of it I'm not sure. Perhaps the first hurdle is the naming falling foul of the honey regulations. Would it work as fermented nectar?

 

[Al-In-Italy]

Just clicked the link in OP and Norton blocked me, saying that the website is dangerous. Norton is sometimes over-cautious, but it appears that the site has been hacked. If I understand the warning correctly, it seems that the localhoneyman site can redirect visitors to another site that tries to do nasty things.

 

[bpmurray]

I read it as "I just ruined my harvest by extracting it too early, so let's see if I can recover some costs". I think the name "honey" here is strictly correct - the stuff has been converted to honey but just hadn't been dried enough and capped when extracted. However I suspect that having been fermented it now contains things that it shouldn't, such as yeasts, ethanol and CO2.

 

[oliver90owner]

Nooo. It was likely not strictly natural 'honey' in the first place if it contained too much water. More like, and possibly, a mixture of honey and nectar!

 

[tonyofarr]

Sounds like he is under-filling the jars to 'allow' the fermented honey to breathe. If it wasn't September I would think this was an April Fool.

 

[bontbee]

Nooo. It was likely not strictly natural 'honey' in the first place if it contained too much water. More like, and possibly, a mixture of honey and nectar!

That's what I thought, and following on from that, I've always wondered people who "dehumidify" their frames are producing...? (Should I duck now?)

 

[beeno]

I ended up with some fermented honey by not putting the lid back on the bucket properly. I don't sell it, but love it on vanilla ice cream and I am planning on putting some on an apple pie when I make it.

 

[BeeJayBee]

its one of the things that should only be sold as cooking honey isn't it?

I thought Bakers Honey or cooking honey was honey that had been overheated, I didn't know it could be stuff that was fermenting.

 

[beeno]

I thought Bakers Honey or cooking honey was honey that had been overheated, I didn't know it could be stuff that was fermenting.

Yes, fermentation, foreign odeur, foreign taste, high water content will all do it under The Honey (England) Regulations 2015. However, presumably the fermentation will have to be stopped as otherwise the jars may explode.

 

[psafloyd]

http://localhoneyman.co.uk/fermented-raw-honey/

Love the blarney. You have to give it to them great selling idea lol.

I didn't think it could be sold as honey, but had to be sold as brewers'/bakers' honey.

 

[MuswellMetro]

i decided to find out his address but, it is not on the web site nor the jar, just an email address

so if Trading Standards want to enforce the 2015 honey regulations, cos it should be labelled Bakers Honey to comply, will they ever find him?

the contact Tel: 0203 is a London number, so perhpas the londo beekeepers association know who he is

 

[user 6228]

i decided to find out his address but, it is not on the web site nor the jar, just an email address

so if Trading Standards want to enforce the 2015 honey regulations, cos it should be labelled Bakers Honey to comply, will they ever find him?

the contact Tel: 0203 is a London number, so perhpas the londo beekeepers association know who he is

if he puts a list of ingredients on the side he can get away with it.e.g.
Honey, nectar, Natural occuring yeast.


You can call anything "honey" just so long as it isn't honey and in tiny weeny blurred print you say it might have a trace of honey flavouring

 

[user 6228]

i decided to find out his address but, it is not on the web site nor the jar, just an email address

so if Trading Standards want to enforce the 2015 honey regulations, cos it should be labelled Bakers Honey to comply, will they ever find him?

the contact Tel: 0203 is a London number, so perhpas the londo beekeepers association know who he is

if he puts a list of ingredients on the side he can get away with it.e.g.
Honey, nectar, Natural occuring yeast.


You can call anything "honey" just so long as it isn't honey and in tiny weeny blurred print you say it might have a trace of honey flavouring.

And since its alcoholic you even dont need a list of ingredients just as statement like
"fermented honey contains alcohol " however its not trading standards he need to worry about but the revenue men.