kosher Gourmet Reviews Honey
Honey is an amazing food produced by a small creature. According to The National Honey Board, bees must travel over 55,000 miles (more than the distance to the moon and back) and visit 2 million flowers to make one pound of honey. Each honey bee makes 1/12th teaspoon of honey in its lifetime. Honey is an amazing food that never spoils and contains vitamins such as B6, thiamin, niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid and certain amino acids. It also contains minerals calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, sodium and zinc. Honey contains hydrogen peroxide, an antibacterial element, and also has cholesterol fighting antioxident properties.
Honey is first mentioned in the Bible as The Land of Israel being the land of Milk and Honey. Honey is served with apples or challah on Rosh Hashanna to signify the beginning of a sweet new year.
There are over 300 unique honeys produced in the United States each based on their floral origin.We tested 18 brands of honey that were sent to us ranging from light (acaia) to dark (chestnut). We received honey from 8 companies: Branches Honey (CA) Johnston Honey (MN), Pacific Coast (New Zealand) Rigoni (organic Italian), Savannah Bee Company (GA), Stash Tea (NY) and Zambesi honey (organic Africa).
We started with the lighter honeys and worked our way to darker honeys. Because each honey was so different than the next, I will describe each honey instead of rating them.
Johnston James Honey. It comes from the perennial gardens at the Johnston Honey farm. It had an intriguing sharpness.
Johnston Prairie Honey. This honey comes from the Minnesota prairie wildflowers. It
had a balanced mildly citrus flavor. We liked that the honey flavors lingered for a while on our tongue.
Katz and Company’s Branches Raspberry honey. It tasted orangy and smooth and had a definite taste of raspberries.
Pacific Coast Honey Blue Borage Honey. This honey is collected mainly on the South Island of New Zealand. Blue Borage Honey has a very delicate floral bouquet with a pleasant, mild, herbal scent. It is also considered to be a type of medicinal honey to help relieve stress and fatigue. It tasted floral and light.
Pacific Coast Honey Manuka honey. Manuka honey comes from the tea tree bush and is known for medicinal properties such as the healing of arthritis, sore throats, colds, indigestion, stomach ulcer, acne and pimples. This honey was very spreadable and has the consistency of peanut butter. It was unusual and good.
Rigoni Acacia Honey The honey is collected from Acacia tree blossoms thus producing a honey that is clear and pure. This honey was mild and was very liquidy. It also had a molassy orange undertone.
Rigoni Chestnut Honey This honey has the highest mineral content of all honeys. It was the least liked. It had an overpowering bitter taste that was not very pleasant
Rigoni Forest Honey This is a dark honey with an amber color. It had a strong aroma of the woods.
Rigoni Lime Honey This honey had a grassy sweet taste with floral notes. It was crystallized so it was easy to spread.
Rigoni Orange Honey This honey was crystalized also making it easy to spread. It had a straightforward taste that was quite pleasant
Rigoni Wildflower Honey This honey comes from many different flowers. It had a nice color with a plain taste. It was lemony and tasted very sugary
Savannah Bee Sourwood Honey This was a distinctive honey with a strong flavor. It tasted unusual from other honeys we tasted
Savannah Bee Sage Honey It was very fruity and had a lemony taste. It was not overly sweet.
Savannah Bee Orange Honey This honey was thicker than the other Savannah Bee Honeys and had a carmelly flavor.
Savannah Bee Raspberry Honey This was a delicate honey that tasted light and clean. It also is crystallized which makes for easy spreading on toast.
Savannah bee Tupelo Honey. This honey has a high fructose content thus never crystallizing. strong metallic flavor, very sweet
Stash Tea Clover Honey sticks. Clover is the most popular flavor of honey in the US. standard honey taste
Zambesi Honey This honey tasted woodsy, and had a very maply taste. It was very unusual.
Note: Never feed an infant under 12 months honey. It can lead to illness or death.
For more information:
Branches Honey http://www.katzandco.com/zindex3.html Kosher under Heart-K certification-Kehilla Kashrus. Available online as well as Koshergourmetmart.com as a fundraiser for Sharsheret
Johnston Honey http://www.johnstonhoney.com/ Kosher under OK Certification. Available online and at Koshergourmetmart.com
Pacific Coast Honey http://shoppri.com/ Kosher under Kosher Kiwi. Available online
Rigoni Honey http://www.rigoniusa.com/ Kosher under Star-K. Available at Whole Foods and Koshergourmetmart.com
Savannah Bee Company www.savannahbee.com/ Kosher under KSA. Available online and at Koshergourmetmart.com
Stash Tea http://www.stashtea.com/ Kosher under Kof-K. Available online
Zambezi honey http://www.zambezihoney.com/ Kosher under Va’ad Hakashrus of Buffalo. Available online
National Honey board http://www.honey.com/honeyindustry/
Honey is first mentioned in the Bible as The Land of Israel being the land of Milk and Honey. Honey is served with apples or challah on Rosh Hashanna to signify the beginning of a sweet new year.
There are over 300 unique honeys produced in the United States each based on their floral origin.We tested 18 brands of honey that were sent to us ranging from light (acaia) to dark (chestnut). We received honey from 8 companies: Branches Honey (CA) Johnston Honey (MN), Pacific Coast (New Zealand) Rigoni (organic Italian), Savannah Bee Company (GA), Stash Tea (NY) and Zambesi honey (organic Africa).
We started with the lighter honeys and worked our way to darker honeys. Because each honey was so different than the next, I will describe each honey instead of rating them.
Johnston James Honey. It comes from the perennial gardens at the Johnston Honey farm. It had an intriguing sharpness.
Johnston Prairie Honey. This honey comes from the Minnesota prairie wildflowers. It
had a balanced mildly citrus flavor. We liked that the honey flavors lingered for a while on our tongue.
Katz and Company’s Branches Raspberry honey. It tasted orangy and smooth and had a definite taste of raspberries.
Pacific Coast Honey Blue Borage Honey. This honey is collected mainly on the South Island of New Zealand. Blue Borage Honey has a very delicate floral bouquet with a pleasant, mild, herbal scent. It is also considered to be a type of medicinal honey to help relieve stress and fatigue. It tasted floral and light.
Pacific Coast Honey Manuka honey. Manuka honey comes from the tea tree bush and is known for medicinal properties such as the healing of arthritis, sore throats, colds, indigestion, stomach ulcer, acne and pimples. This honey was very spreadable and has the consistency of peanut butter. It was unusual and good.
Rigoni Acacia Honey The honey is collected from Acacia tree blossoms thus producing a honey that is clear and pure. This honey was mild and was very liquidy. It also had a molassy orange undertone.
Rigoni Chestnut Honey This honey has the highest mineral content of all honeys. It was the least liked. It had an overpowering bitter taste that was not very pleasant
Rigoni Forest Honey This is a dark honey with an amber color. It had a strong aroma of the woods.
Rigoni Lime Honey This honey had a grassy sweet taste with floral notes. It was crystallized so it was easy to spread.
Rigoni Orange Honey This honey was crystalized also making it easy to spread. It had a straightforward taste that was quite pleasant
Rigoni Wildflower Honey This honey comes from many different flowers. It had a nice color with a plain taste. It was lemony and tasted very sugary
Savannah Bee Sourwood Honey This was a distinctive honey with a strong flavor. It tasted unusual from other honeys we tasted
Savannah Bee Sage Honey It was very fruity and had a lemony taste. It was not overly sweet.
Savannah Bee Orange Honey This honey was thicker than the other Savannah Bee Honeys and had a carmelly flavor.
Savannah Bee Raspberry Honey This was a delicate honey that tasted light and clean. It also is crystallized which makes for easy spreading on toast.
Savannah bee Tupelo Honey. This honey has a high fructose content thus never crystallizing. strong metallic flavor, very sweet
Stash Tea Clover Honey sticks. Clover is the most popular flavor of honey in the US. standard honey taste
Zambesi Honey This honey tasted woodsy, and had a very maply taste. It was very unusual.
Note: Never feed an infant under 12 months honey. It can lead to illness or death.
For more information:
Branches Honey http://www.katzandco.com/zindex3.html Kosher under Heart-K certification-Kehilla Kashrus. Available online as well as Koshergourmetmart.com as a fundraiser for Sharsheret
Johnston Honey http://www.johnstonhoney.com/ Kosher under OK Certification. Available online and at Koshergourmetmart.com
Pacific Coast Honey http://shoppri.com/ Kosher under Kosher Kiwi. Available online
Rigoni Honey http://www.rigoniusa.com/ Kosher under Star-K. Available at Whole Foods and Koshergourmetmart.com
Savannah Bee Company www.savannahbee.com/ Kosher under KSA. Available online and at Koshergourmetmart.com
Stash Tea http://www.stashtea.com/ Kosher under Kof-K. Available online
Zambezi honey http://www.zambezihoney.com/ Kosher under Va’ad Hakashrus of Buffalo. Available online
National Honey board http://www.honey.com/honeyindustry/
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