Manuka Honey

Manuka honey has significant value in a clinical setting where it can be used to beat superbugs and promote healing.

Researchers in Germany, at the University of Dresden, were able to identify the active antibacterial component of the honey as methylglyoxal (MGO). This led MGO to replace NPA as the critical indicator of the strength of a Manuka honey. MGO is very accurate and is directly measurable by HPLC, unlike NPA and the old agar plate assay method which is over one hundred years old and prone to error.

Leptospermum flowers and the bioactive fraction of MGO contained in the nectar of Manuka flowers are the key driving force behind the antibacterial effect of Manuka honey.

Research in Japan identified the unique chemical identifiers present in Leptospermum honey that are not found in regular honey, which makes it very easy to differentiate between a fake product and pure, natural Manuka honey. Scientists have tested Australian Manuka honey for these unique Manuka markers and found them in abundance.

This means that the Manuka honey you buy from Australia can be guaranteed as a pure, natural and authentic product.

Leatherwood honey

Natural Antioxidant

Originally known as an ‘ambrosia of the gods’, honey is now known to have high levels of anti-oxidants that are known for their anti-ageing and anti-inflammatory properties which have been noted to help assist the body fight off cancer causing agents. Tasmanian Leatherwood honey is knows to be 2-3 richer in antioxidants than other Australian honeys.

Naturally Organic

Our Tasmanian Leatherwood Honey is naturally organic by virtue of the fact of where it is produced. Our honey is harvested on the remote western side of our island, Tasmania. In fact our location on the globe is at latitude 42 degrees South is shared only by the southern most New Zealand and Tierra del Fuego. At this latitude the circum polar winds whip up a constant westerly breeze known as the Roaring Forties. These winds bring with them heavy moisture laden air drawn off the Great Southern Ocean only to deposit most of it as rain on the western side of Tasmania watering the rainforest where Tasmanian Leatherwood honey produces its golden harvest.

Leatherwood honey is the honey bees produce from the nectar of the Leatherwood plants’ flower. The Leatherwood plant (Eucryphia lucida) is endemic to Tasmania, thus you will only find true Tasmanian leatherwood honey that is produced in Tasmania.

Distinctive Taste

Some describe the taste of Leatherwood honey like its wilderness. We agree with this description, but also resonate with the International Slow Food Movements description below:

‘Leatherwood honey is slightly liquid with uniform crystallisation, a smooth creamy texture and an ochre-yellow colour. The perfume is intense with notes of balsamic scents, which develops quickly into clean fresh notes of citrus fruits and white flowers. The flavour is clean and fresh, very balsamic, with lightly spicy notes in its long finish. Overall, the sensation of eating this honey is very pleasurable: it is creamy, buttery, low in acidity and melts in the mouth’.