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Food Fraud
Food Fraud What’s in Your Honey?
You may have seen The Guardian’s Bee Aware: Do You Know What is in That Cheap Jar of Honey?, or similar articles discussing ‘food fraud’ in the media over recent months.
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If you haven’t, see here.
To summarise, honey is an example of a product that can be subject to what is known as ‘food fraud’. This is most commonly found in honey, wine and olive oil.
Food fraud, using honey as an example, is where high-fructose syrup, designed to mimic honey, is added to products. This practice is widely associated with honeys produced in China and are labelled as ‘blend of non-EU honeys’. It also tends to be the cheaper, budget supermarket honeys that are typically affected. This is not a food safety issue, but it is classed as food crime to adulterate food. Our advice is to always check the ingredients and wording on the packaging before purchasing, just to make sure.
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A Traidcraft Mexican Organic
Blossom Set Honey
31100 (500g) £5.85 32704 (6 x 500g) £31.50 B Traidcraft Mexican Organic
Blossom Clear Honey
33062 (500g) £5.85 37092 (6 x 500g) £31.50
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To put your minds at rest regarding Traidcraft honey production and authenticity, please see the following:
Traidcraft branded honeys are produced in Mexico.
Traidcraft Mexican honey, both set and clear varieties, are produced by small Fairtrade and Organic co-operatives.
Traidcraft partner with colleagues in EFTA to bring our honeys to the you. By working with our partners in EFTA, we can maintain full oversight of the supply chain. Each step in the raw material chain of custody is fully monitored, traceable and may be subject to audit.
Traidcraft honey has never, and will never, contain any ingredients which mimic the properties of honey.
We are looking to bring in new honey varieties from our EFTA partners to add to our delicious honeys from Mexico - watch this space!
