Polyfloral Raw Honey 900g

01 · WHAT MULTIFLORAL IS

A different category, not a lesser one

A honey is called multifloral when it comes from the nectar of several species and none contributes enough to declare it single-flower. It is what bees produce when there are several blooms within foraging range at once and none dominates, so the profile depends on the landscape and on when it was harvested: a spring multifloral from dry Mediterranean country runs pale and floral, and one from late summer in the hills comes out more amber and fuller-bodied. Colour and aroma change between batches, and that is normal in a honey that is not standardised.

02 · CRYSTALLISATION

If it sets, do not throw it out and do not boil it

As it is not pasteurised, the jar behaves like the beekeeper’s bulk honey: sooner or later it crystallises, and it may do so unevenly within the same jar. That is not a fault, nor a sign of adulteration — the speed and the size of the crystal depend mostly on the glucose-to-fructose ratio of the batch and on the temperature it is kept at. It goes back to liquid with gentle heat and patience: a bain-marie with warm water, never boiling, stirring now and then. What to avoid is the microwave and any sharp blast of heat, which heat unevenly and cost it aroma.

03 · WHAT IS IN IT

Raw describes the process; it does not change the sugar

It is a question that comes up now and then: an unpasteurised honey has the same sugars as a pasteurised one. Honey is sugar and water, and the standard fixes it: in a blossom honey, fructose and glucose together come to at least 60 g per 100 g, and water may not exceed 20 % — commercially it is kept below 18.5 so it does not ferment. What changes without pasteurising is not the sugar but the handling: without that heating the enzymes and the aroma keep better, and in exchange it crystallises when its time comes. The exact figures are those of each batch’s analysis.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

Keep it in a dry cupboard, away from the hob and the radiator: honey takes up ambient moisture readily and that is where it really spoils. The jar holds 900 g net and measures 15 × 8.4 × 8.4 cm. And as with any food, the figures that govern are those on the jar you receive: label, origin and best-before date.

⚠ PRECAUTIONS

Honey is not recommended for children under 12 months. Always use clean, dry utensils and close the jar properly after each use.