Many people don’t know the difference between what’s real and what’s fake. In this video we share with you what is the REAL honey and for you to spot what are the Fake ones.
Mark Leong:
Boom. This is Mark Leong here, your Asia’s Juice Guru.
Terry Tong:
And I’m Terry from GTCL, makers of Anaya Trigona Honey.
Mark Leong:
All right. We have come to an end of the entire season on honey secrets. In fact, today is the last episode. It’s sad but, at the same time, we’re also very excited to reveal to you the last secret and it’s the biggest secret of all that all of you have been waiting for. Okay, we have always wanted to save the best for last. Terry, the big million dollar question that have been on everyone’s mind, including mine, is that how do I differentiate a real versus a fake honey?
Mark Leong:
I find it very challenging to be honest whenever I go for my honey shopping, I’m not sure, should I look at the color? Should I look at the bottle? Should I look at the brand, or should I even taste it? How do I tell? Most of the time, a lot of people are telling me that, “Mark, if your honey crystallizes, then it is a fake honey.” I’m sure everyone is waiting for this answer now. What do you think, or what do you have to tell all the audience right now about this question?
Terry Tong:
Right. Basically there are fake and there are also adulterated honey. The thing is that it’s hard to tell if it’s fake or adulterated unless you send it to a lab. Then, they’re going to test pollen and so on and so forth, but it’s going to be costly. It’s not exactly very practical for us. For me, personally, I would look at three things.
Terry Tong:
I would look at, first, the brand. Is it a brand that I trust? Is it something that’s too commercialized? Ideally, you get your honey straight from the beekeepers themselves.
Terry Tong:
The second thing is price point. If the honey is too cheap, if you get $3 for a big jar of honey, it’s probably not… Might not be real.
Terry Tong:
The last point is that you want to, again, like I mentioned in the earlier episodes about raw honey, it usually has a bit of foam at the top of the honey. You want to look out for that.
Terry Tong:
You also want to look out for honey where it’s not completely clear. It’s still a little bit blurish. It also does indicate that there’s probably pollen in the honey and it’s not filtered. Therefore, it’s higher chance of it being natural.
Mark Leong:
Okay. Thanks for finally revealing this. Seems like, yes, actually there’s a methodology to test it, to see if it’s real or fake. Of course, I don’t think it’s practical to most of us where I’m definitely not going to buy a tub and send it all the way to Germany test lab to get it tested, right? The three methods that Terry personally apply, I think we can try and apply these on ourselve, but this is optional. This is a recommendation for you guys to be able tell it from a layman perspective. Okay?
Mark Leong:
The other day, the interesting thing is that Terry passed me a bottle of honey and it is, in fact, very dark in color. Based on the previous episodes, of course, Terry did explain that if the color of the honey is darker, means it is better. I was actually very, very excited about it because I was like, “Oh my God. I finally got myself a good tub of honey.” He didn’t tell me what it taste like and what exactly that honey is. Okay? I didn’t bring it with me today, but soon as I open up that whole bottle and I was so excited about it, I can’t [inaudible 00:03:34] wait. I took a spoon, I dig it in. I took a full spoon of it and I dipped it in my mouth, right? I find it very surprising that the honey taste like Coke. Like freaking Coke, it’s like those gummy Coke bears that you guys buy from Haribo or certain stuff. Cola, you know? Terry, what was that? Was that real honey or what was that honey?
Terry Tong:
Yeah. It was an interesting thing as well that we experience ourselves when we’re traveling. That bottle of honey apparently is what you call an adulterated honey. Basically the bees have been fed with Coca-Cola. Commercial honey, bees are usually fed with syrup water especially when there’s no nectar. That is their source of food. In this case, they fed them with Coca-Cola which made the honey very dark and taste like Coke.
Mark Leong:
Okay. Wow. Does it mean that every time a darker color honey is safe, huh? Try your honey, taste your honey. We hope that this entire episode, or this entire season on The Honey Secrets, has benefited you. If you love more of these videos on any topics at all, subscribe to our YouTube channel and please do send us more questions and we’ll try to address them about honey. Okay? This is Mark Leong here once again, Asia’s Juice Guru, and …
Terry Tong:
I’m Terry from GTCL, Anaya Trigona Honey.
Mark Leong:
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