SummerGlow Apiaries applaud new scientific research
SummerGlow Apiaries applaud new scientific research.
Along with other high quality Manuka Honey
producers, Waikato-based SummerGlow Apiaries, enlists an
Australian scientist to help protect their export business
from counterfeiters.
SummerGlow Apiaries say the research is vital to safeguard their industry from fraudsters. Too many companies attempt to "pass off" inferior product using made up or misleading rating scales and marketing strategies.
Dr Brooks and New Zealand scientist Terry Braggins were commissioned by New Zealand's Unique Manuka Factor Honey Association (UMF) to develop a "chemical fingerprint" for Manuka Honey.
The research
is looking for unique compounds in the honey which come out
of the nectar so they can trace it back to the floral
source.
The aim is to develop a simple test so that
importers and sellers can determine if honey is true to
label.
The UMF Honey Association consists of more than 40 companies currently licenced to use the UMF® quality trademark. This quality mark has been in existence for over 18 years and provides protection and assurance to the consumer.
UMF license holders are required to
provide proof that their product meets or exceeds any label
claims during the product's shelf life, from packing until
the best before date. SummerGlow, which holds the first
ever issued UMF License, prides itself on a quality UMF
Manuka Honey that is tested at least three times during the
packing process.
SummerGlow Apiaries have been beekeeping
and producing Manuka Honey for more than 40 years, and
specialising in high activity UMF (Unique Manuka Factor)
Manuka Honey for the past 20 years. In particular SummerGlow
Apiaries specializes in the highest quality UMF 10+ and
superior UMF16+.
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