Honey hits the sweet spot not just in taste but also in our hearts. The gooey goodness of a spoonful of honey has many medicinal benefits too. Idukki Gold Munnar Best Quality Forest Honey which is collected from Munnar and Idukki Forests has high anti-inflammatory properties.
With more and more people making healthier lifestyle choices, honey is high in demand. Higher demand means countless sources for you to choose the honey. But many of these sources process the honey and add preservatives, stripping it off its natural goodness. Many even add adulterants like molten sugar and sell it as raw honey!
You shouldn’t have to go through so much trouble to procure a simple jar of good ol’ honey, right? Well, there are a few simple tell-tale signs that can help you become the honey-buying expert. So, here’s all you need to know before buying your next jar of honey.
The consistency
Pasteurized honey tends to be very runny whereas raw honey will be stickier. Just take a drop on your thumb and you will be able to detect the thickness of the honey if it sticks.
The water test
Another easy test for the quality of honey is to drop a spoonful into a glass of water. Pure honey will not dissolve easily and tends to settle at the bottom. On the other hand, honey laced with sugar will dissolve immediately and might even leave behind a white precipitate.
All that glitters
You might be used to seeing crystal clear golden honey on supermarket shelves. Although that is not a sign of poor quality, raw and wild honey is rarely that clear. The muddiness of pure forest honey-like Idukki Gold Munnar honey is a sign that it has been delivered to you straight from the forests.
Always remember that the quality and properties of honey are highly dependent on the types of flowers that honeybees pollinate and the climate too. So don’t be too quick to dismiss a variety without properly reading the labels and knowing your sources.