Aussie honey the ‘bee’s knees’

This Australian Made 7 days (June 6 to 12), we shine the spotlight on Australian create.

As additional intercontinental studies and investigations handle the challenge of pretend honey, Australian bee-keepers say that it is vital to recognize exactly where your foodstuff comes from and irrespective of whether it’s the genuine offer.

Bradley Jackson, founder and proprietor of My Dad’s Honey, who has been in the bee-holding marketplace for more than 35 a long time, mentioned there was nothing at all greater than Australian honey.

“The standards of foodstuff developed in Australia is frequently of a greater top quality than in other nations around the world. It is that kind of top quality that separates our produce from your shop-purchased, international jars of honey,” Mr Jackson claimed.

“In phrases of our honey, we intention to get the greatest of the greatest, the purest of the purest and we genuinely stand by our products for the reason that we think that they are up to that common.”

Despite My Dad’s Honey giving much more than 70 for every cent of the Australian honey market place and also holding the title of major producers of organic and natural honey in Australia, the enterprise has still confronted its issues.

Lee-Anne Jackson mentioned that they ended up often competing with the imported honey industry.

“We find it difficult to contend with these organizations for the reason that their price tag is so low which indicates to us that their honey is most probable adulterated due to the fact there is no way that the charges could be that small,” Mrs Jackson mentioned.

The Jacksons stated that a big quantity of imported honeys that had been bought in grocery retailers ended up tampered with and combined in with syrups, as a result producing them a kind of bogus honey.

Their principal worry about adulterated honey is that you don’t definitely know what is inside the jar that is labelled as honey.

“One of the far more fascinating features about the entire challenge is that it is rather difficult for us to export honey.

“As for each polices, we have to go by way of vigorous testing to make certain that our top quality of honey is to a superior standard but adulterated imported honeys are authorized on shelves at the nearby supermarket,” Mr Jackson stated.

My Dad’s Honey personnel have made it a precedence to educate people about the discrepancies concerning Australian made and imported honey.

“Pure honey has overall health added benefits and it has an amazing flavour to it — when you buy authentic Australian honey you are paying for all of individuals things,” Mr Jackson said.

“On major of all this, we’re a regional business enterprise and we use locally. By acquiring Australian created, you’re supporting Aussies.

“If anyone starts off buying Australian honey then the field would decide up, we would be equipped to build a lot more beehives and we would be equipped to present much more employment in just our area.”

Australian Made CEO Ben Lazzaro agreed by saying that Australian Built 7 days is the excellent chance to look at the advantages of shopping for local.

“The pandemic has truly opened quite a few people’s eyes to the importance of domestically produced solutions and how we can all play our component, together with companies, by prioritising Aussie items to assist reinforce the economic system,” Mr Lazzaro explained.

“Roy Morgan analysis exhibits that 93 for every cent of Australians believe it is important to make up local manufacturing to defend Australians from issues with the offer of items manufactured abroad.”

My Dad’s Honey can be located at the Echuca Farmers’ Industry, St Annes Vineyard, Noel’s Top quality Meats Moama, Junction Moama, Echuca Moama Facts Centre, Fuzion Cafe Echuca, Shebani’s Tastes of the Mediterranean, River Port Florist, The Murray River Tea Rooms and The Oasis Café Elmore or you can buy on the net at www.mydadshoney.com.au/goods