Honey and Raw Honey 的区别
最近在做《分离蜜与巢蜜的区别》的资料搜集时，查看到的一则国外资讯。
说很多市面上的蜂蜜是经过高温灼热，过滤加工而成；经过这样“超级过滤”的蜂蜜，不仅杂质去除了，蜂蜡、花粉也被处理了，高温也把部分天然营养杀伤了。欧盟也因此改变了标签法，要求蜂蜜容器必须添加“花粉”这一成份。
Food Safety News did a searing investigation and found that 76% of the honey sold in grocery stores is treated with “ultra-filtration,” a process that not only removes impurities like wax, but also pollen traces. Taking all brands into consideration, generic brands were the most likely to be ultra-filtered.
Ultra-filtration brings different issues. Many agree that pollen, and other “impurities,” are actually good for our health, making honey a much better choice than its rivals like sugar, for example.
This process does not bring many important benefits. On the contrary, it is expensive, does not improve the shelf-life, despite the fact that manufacturers say it does.
They say the ultra-filtration should be avoided mostly because the pollen is the only way to trace the source of the honey and its location. Ultra-filtered honey is often used to mask shady origins, especially Chinese honey, subjected to heavy import tariffs because of the contamination with heavy metals and illegal antibiotics.
Honey samples were sent to Vaughn Bryant, a professor at Texas A&M University. He found that three fourths of the honey had no pollen, meaning it was unidentifiable and unsafe. Here are some of his findings:
* 100% of Winnie the Pooh in Walmart stores had the pollen removed.
* 100% of the honey from individual packets from KFC and McDonald’s had also all the pollen removed.
* 77% of the honey from big box stores like Sam’s Club, Costco, and Target had no pollen.
* 100% of the honey from drugstores like Walgreen’s and CVS Pharmacy had all the pollen removed.His testings showed that honey from co-ops, farmers markets and stores like Trader Joes had the full amount of original pollen.
Many have presented their concerns to the FDA, trying to stop adulterated and smuggled honey from standing on the grocery shelves, but with no success, as it seems.
The EU changed the labeling regulations, and required that honey containers had “pollen” added as an ingredient, even though some honey farmers objected, mostly those who call pollen intrinsic to their product.
(Source: Earthwareone)
蜂蜜我们很常吃，但总只是知道不能超过60℃的热水冲服蜂蜜，因为老一辈总说会破坏它的营养。
可是当真的了解下来才知道，一般市面的蜂蜜原来已经被“高温”了一遍，还被过滤了。
原始的蜂蜜不仅带有蜂胶、蜂蜡、花粉等等的营养物质，但如果你喝的蜂蜜已经功效减半了，你心里好受吗?
当然有些人对花粉过敏又想喝蜂蜜，商家把花粉过滤了也是适应市场。
因为蜂蜜低温会结晶，热加工的蜂蜜能很快能出成品灌装，如果是等自然封装、温度、杂质等这些不可控因素确实又会增加成本、影响效率。
健康是千金难换回！有些东西还是需要看工艺的，如果能得到一罐没有被高温过滤的蜂蜜，价格就算贵些，还是值得你所拥有的。而且良心商家也是难能可贵！
巢蜜因为属于原始蜂蜜未被加工处理，所含的营养丰富，不仅保存了蜂蜜花源的芳甜清香和醇馥鲜美的滋味，也因此具有了天然的防腐剂，使得巢蜜可以保存比较长的时间。
对于追求天然无添加的朋友，为自己与家人健康也是一大首选！