Nelson Honey New ZealandManuka Honey (100+) 250g (Pack of 2)

I got into Manuka honey a while ago after seeing somebody recommend taking it before bed with minerals or salt to restore your body overnight. The theory being the sugars, minerals are restorative and the antibacterial Methylglyoxal will boost your immune system. I tried it and it really seems to work for me. I have been a convert since. The Methylglyoxal is the active ingredient in the Manuka honey. The higher the levels of Methylglyoxal the higher the antibacterial activity. The higher it is through the pricier the honey tends to be. This Nelsons is a reasonable price considering its level.Before I bought this I did some research. I read a report where they had tested all the leading brands of Manuka honey and found many fell below the required amount of Methylglyoxal to be considered beneficial which is 83mg/kg of MGO. They also looked at second compound found only in Manuka honey lepto-sperin. Levels of the chemicals vary according to whether nectar is collected from only Manuka bushes or from a variety of plants, or whether Manuka is mixed with other honeys. 100mg/kg of lepto-sperin is what’s needed to be considered undiluted Manuka.Nelsons was on this test but it was the 30+ jar, not the 100+ sold on this page. It came in at 39.2mg/kg of MGO. So above what they claim, but not enough to be scientifically beneficial according to the study I read. The leptosperin levels were 83.8mg/kg falling below the test requirement. Nelson Honey themselves said their pollen tests showed its honey is 67 percent pure Manuka, with a blend of other honeys. The great thing about their company which I really like is every jar has a batch number where it is tested in an independent lab before being sold to make sure it’s up to standard. You can go to Nelson's website to enter it to get a report signed off by an M.Sc (master of science). I looked up mine (a 100+ jar) and found it contained 126 Methylglyoxal. So more than what they market it as and more than enough to be considered to have health benefits in the study I read. My batch number is in the pictures below if you want to look it up yourself.On a personal level, I feel like I get some benefit from taking it. Ive been using it for 3 weeks now. The taste is nice. The texture is more glazed than most other honeys I’ve had. It’s GMO-free and raw, unlike some other ones. I don’t have buyer’s remorse and might get some more in the future. I will probably try out a few others I found researching first before establishing a regular use honey. This honey is reasonable and works if you don’t want to spend a lot of money on honey!

A bit of a difficult review for me to write on how to determine the effectiveness of this Manuka honey against that of our expectations.Prior to trying this I had bought many jars of the Steens Manuka honey (UMF 15+ or on occasion UMF 20+ when on offer) and we both enjoyed its taste and use.I did find that this honey had a similar "gritty" texture and taste to that of the Steens honey. It is thick and fairly solid on the spoon and has a mild but flavoured taste. In that respect it is very very pleasant.In the many many months that time and my wife have enjoyed that flavour and texture we have found absolutely no health or medicinal benefits at all. Sore throats and certain skin conditions have remained or resolved as we would typically expect. Nothing else to note, apart from what it costs.It is not that we now discount any other health benefits claimed for this honey, or the more expensive and not affordable types, but we can't justify spending what we did as an act of faith in what it might or might not benefit us. We all have a budget after all.What we have started to do over the last moth or so is to buy other types of honey, like heather or Irish types with wonderful tastes and differing flavours, depending what the primary source of flowers are for the bees. As long as they are being produced in a raw unpasteurised way then they will be fine for us and our expectations. It is kinda refreshing to buy 1kg of honey for less than the price of this from Nelsons.Genuinely sourced Manuka honey is expensive, but not the only choice.If you believe that this Manuka honey more than meets your needs and expectations then great, as long as you can afford the cost. For us we have now looked elsewhere for our honey and are so far pleased at what we have found.I hope that this review has helped.Take care.

Smooth full tasting honey - fantastic for sore throats!

I used to take this daily years ago, I started to have stomach issues and got some tabs from the docs but also decided to take this and it’s been brilliant a tsp before bed and I also have a tiny amount on my yoghurt and banana (less than a tsp) in the morning as I don’t want to take too much. I love it and will continue to take. I’m not usually a fan of store bought runny honey but this stuff tastes so good. The price is great but to be honest I’d pay more if I had to. You get a SN on it to check it and I ordered Monday am standard delivery and it came Tuesday!

Always have Manuka honey on my cereal recommendation for health benefitsMany thanks

I use the Manuka Honey to ease my stomach Pains And it works quite good I would recommend the Manuka Honey to anyone with a painful stomach Thankyou Manuka Honey

Normally buy Manuka Lab however it was getting quite expensive. This honey is value for money but it had a more set texture and the taste wasn’t something I liked as much as other brands

Much sweeter and thicker than any normal honey you may buy in the supermarket. We take a small spoonful every morning when we are feeling a little run down or have a cold and it seems to work from day 1.