Tests Show Most Store Honey Isn't Honey
Ultra-filtering Removes Pollen, Hides Honey Origins
More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery
stores isn't exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done
exclusively for Food Safety News.
The results show that the pollen frequently has been filtered out of products labeled "honey."
The
removal of these microscopic particles from deep within a flower would
make the nectar flunk the quality standards set by most of the world's
food safety agencies.
The food safety divisions
of the World Health Organization, the European Commission and dozens
of others also have ruled that without pollen there is no way to
determine whether the honey came from legitimate and safe sources.
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