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  • abracaDavid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    247·
    1 year ago

    What in the hell? You think this is ok? A honey blend implies a blend of…wait for it… different HONEY.

    Not a blend of super cheap and super unhealthy syrup.

    • LillyPip@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      It seems not to be as well known as I thought, but most commercial honey sold in the US is not actually honey:

      But the honey industry is hiding a secret. There’s a high chance that your store-bought honey is fake. While fake honey usually includes some amount of real honey, it is often mixed with other corn, rice, or sugar cane syrup to reduce its cost. These fillers are far cheaper than raw honey and are used to produce more honey, quicker. In fact, up to 76% of honey sold in the US is not really honey, at least not entirely.

      There were a bunch of stories about this several years ago after a minor controversy, but it didn’t stay in the news long, so I guess it fell out of public consciousness.

      If you want real honey, you’ll want to buy from small, local dealers.

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
      912·
      1 year ago

      If it was a bunch of different honeys they would have listed the types on the front of the bottle, I’m sure. The word “Texas” heavily implies that it’s made out of something terrible.