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Have You Ever Wondered How Raw Honey Is Made?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019d probably think that it\u2019s a pretty simple process. Bees collect pollen, next, they regurgitate it in the form of nectar that is then collected by farmers who package and sell it to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what if we told you that the majority of store-bought honey is heated, watered down, refined, and loaded with extra ingredients?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, that\u2019s the reality of modern-day honey. The kind that you buy in the big supermarket chains at dirt cheap prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And whilst the industrialization of food has brought us a host of benefits, it is worth asking the question: Should you buy raw organic honey<\/a> or processed honey?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the one hand, processed honey is affordable and some consider the health benefits to be limited. But do the economic gains compensate for the health benefits?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read on to find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What Is Raw Organic Honey?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s start at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honey has been consumed by humans for thousands of years. For some reason, a long time ago, some guy went up to a beehive and decided to steal the sticky golden slime that the bees were producing and storing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We don\u2019t know what motivated this man, but we\u2019re glad he did it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The delicious reward for this endeavor was a sweet and gooey substance that we now call honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s raw, organic, honey.<\/b> It\u2019s raw since it was not pasteurized or processed. It\u2019s organic, as the flowers that the bees took the pollen from were not grown using pesticides, fertilizers, or any other chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward to today, honey has been transformed to mean something else entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The processed honey industry has taken control of the whole ecosystem.
Flowers, bees, and hives are grown in controlled environments, often using pesticides, fertilizers, and other chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it doesn\u2019t stop there. Once harvested, the honey is heated for a period of 30 minutes, which is known as pasteurization<\/b>, thus killing all the yeast cells, plus a bunch of important enzymes, antioxidants, minerals, and helpful compounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is then filtered through a very fine filter that removes most pollen. This is called ultra-refined honey<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resulting paste is often watered down, mixed with some other conservatives<\/b>, and packed, finally making its way to your kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This type of honey is a far cry from the raw organic unfiltered honey that we\u2019ve been eating for thousands of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019d go so far as to consider it something entirely different \u2013 some kind of sugar paste disguised as honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, a study by Food Safety News<\/span><\/a> recently concluded that three-fourths of grocery store sold honey doesn\u2019t even contain pollen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Raw Organic Honey vs Regular Honey<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If the previous section wasn\u2019t enough to convince you to stay away from processed honey, you really ought to know the health benefits of eating processed honey vs consuming raw organic unprocessed honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first major difference between these two types of honey is that \u201cregular\u201d honey is pasteurized and\/or refined.
In the refinement and pasteurization process, a lot of the key minerals, flavonoids, antioxidants, and enzymes are lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glucose oxidase<\/b>, for example, is an enzyme that when combined with water produces hydrogen peroxide, which has strong antibacterial properties<\/b>.
This enzyme, however, cannot resist the high temperatures of pasteurization and is thus eliminated in this process, remaining present only in raw organic unpasteurized honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, according to a\u00a02019 study<\/span><\/a>, raw honey contains more than 4 times the amount of antioxidants than processed honey.
These antioxidants boost the immune system and keep your cardiovascular system in good health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And finally, pasteurizing honey eliminates most digestion-facilitating enzymes.<\/b>
Honey has been used as a natural digestion booster for centuries but heating it up for long periods of time counters this property by eliminating these enzymes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are too many studies on the lost nutrients and minerals resulting from the refinement and conservation process of honey to mention in a single article, but the verdict amongst academics seems to be clear: refining and pasteurizing raw honey doesn\u2019t seem to bring any health benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why Is Raw Honey Better?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If we haven\u2019t convinced you yet to switch up your honey consumption, consider one final argument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pure raw organic honey simply tastes better<\/b>. As is the case with Manuka honey, the flowers from which honey is collected strongly impact the taste of the honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you allow flowers to grow free from pesticides and chemicals, they will produce tastier pollen that has a stronger flavor<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We could talk all day about the taste of raw organic unpasteurized honey, but it would never do it justice. You might as well just try it yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health Benefits Of Raw Organic Honey<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To summarize, the major benefits of pure raw organic honey are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n