With food and beverage

  • Honey may be used as a spread on toast, hot cakes, muffins, crackers, pancakes.
  • Honey is a flavour boost when added to French style salad dressings; mix with olive oil and balsamic vinegar in a 2/1 ratio or according to personal preference.
  • Honey is naturally acidic and makes a wonderful marinade for meat; mix together with soya sauce and garlic.
  • Honey is great as a glazing for meat; drizzle over the meat just prior to the end of roasting. We recommend our Rewarewa Honey for a delicious glaze.
  • Honey can be used in baking, as a substitute for sugar in order to keep cakes fresher and moister for longer.
  • Honey is an ideal substitute for sugar to sweeten drinks such as tea, herb tea, coffee. Unlike most other sweeteners, honey contains a variety of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and amino acids.
  • Honey added to cream makes it taste better and keep longer. Our Clover Honey has a light, delicate flavour which is perfect to mix with cream. Honey is a safe and wholesome food for children and adults, however it should not be fed to babies under one year old.
  • A typical serving size of 1 Tablespoon (20 grams) contains:
    • 65 Calories per serving, 0% Fat.
    • Less than 1.0% Protein.
    • 78% Carbohydrate.
    • and 0% Sodium.

Visit our Recipes section for some delicious ways to cook with honey.

For health and wellbeing

  • Honey makes a good natural sedative; stir into a cup of hot milk and drink before retiring. Our Field Honey with Clover has a wonderful flavour with hot milk.
  • Honey can be helpful for a hang-over, giving a quick pick-me-up.
  • Honey can be helpful to soothe sore throats and colds. Mix it with lemon juice and hot water. Our UMF® Manuka Honey is best for this type of use.
  • Honey can be helpful to soothe burns and wounds. Honey should not be used on broken skin.
  • Health conscious people may consume honey on a daily basis as a source of many natural healing properties, as well as a source of important minerals and vitamins. Our Forest Honey with Manuka is best for this type of use.
  • Keen sports people often use honey as a readily available energy boost, being a form of sugar quickly absorbed by the body.
  • If you’ve been ill, you may find UMF ® Manuka Honey helpful in building strength and restoring good health.