Manuka honey is a product that you can not have missed hearing about over the last few years.Native to New Zealand and produced by bees who feed on the Manuka bush, this honey has been found to have excellent healing properties. It helps to fight infection both when taken orally and when applied directly to wounds. The results are so well proven that even the NHS in the UK uses it on dressings. Many people already use Manuka daily, either by taking a spoonful raw every morning or by stirring it into porridge.
I tried these honeysuckers last weekend for a sore throat and was delighted with the results, within 10 minutes my throat had significantly improved. The best thing about these little lozenges is that they take the hassle out of using Manuka honey. No more sticky honey jars in the morning, you can simply pop the pack in your pocket and take them as you need them. They come in two varieties, one flavoured with blackcurrant juice which takes the edge of the honey for those who aren't mad about the flavour, and the other pure honey.
Green Bay Manuka Honeysuckers are UMF 15+ and certified organic by the soil association.
If you would like to know where in Ireland you can buy Green Bay Honeysuckers leave a comment stating in which area you live and I'll give you a list.
Hi Amanda,
ReplyDeleteI picked up some Manuka honey sweets at the National Crafts & Design Fair before christmas, I don't know what UMF they were and the pack got thrown out - so I don't even know the brand or where to get them again. So I'd be delighted to find a supplier nearby. I hope your throat is better - I'm just getting over the flu myself and have being taking the honey from the jar!
Thanks Niamh,
ReplyDeleteWhere are you based? I'm thinking somewhere in Kildare but my memory is failing me...
The Manuka honey aspect being the only 'medicinal' honey is a marketing ploy.
ReplyDeleteThere are plenty of honeys (including that from the Australian Native bee) that are equal, if not superior, in therapeutic power although they don't certify them organic in Australia unless the crop is contained, which in NZ they aren't. You cannot therefore substantiate the claim that such a crop is organic (by way of certification). This is why they are not NZ/Aus certified.
Just something to keep in mind.
Hi Amanda,
ReplyDeleteYou are right - I'm in Leixlip.
Hey Amanda, thanks for the glowing write up - I work in the office at Green Bay and we just found this blog on Google. If you are interested in Manuka in general, our our honeysuckers in particular, let me know and I'm sure I can send out a few samples for you to review. Since the article was written, we've launched a couple of new flavours (Lemon and Red Superfruits) which you might like to try.
ReplyDelete@Grace - you're quite right, Manuka for all it's benefits is not the only medicinal honey around, just the most recent one to become fashionable and internationally available. I'm yet to try any Australian honey (do recommend), but when we spent a month trying to find the next big honey we discovered a depth of quality in Greece (see:http://greenbayharvest.co.uk/shop/promotions.php?ref=2009-jan-greekstory). There's a lot of history to Sidr honey, a traditional and religious honey from the middle east.
If you're looking for a more complete list of stockists, do drop me a line through the GBH website: http://greenbayharvest.co.uk (and Amanda, if you can send me your Irish list it's probably better than ours!)
James @ Green Bay