Demystify Manuka honey ratings

Truth in labelling
By Buzzz believes it is vital to have truth in labelling and full transparency in the testing of the Manuka honey we brings to you. Contact us if you want access to our batch packing tests. All batches are tested at the Honey Laboratory of University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. When you buy our 100% pure Australian Manuka honey it's batch tests are accredited by the Australian Manuka Honey Association of which we are a founding Member. Our honey is free of pesticides, glyphosates and antibiotics. and our beekeepers use bee friendly hive management practices.

By Buzzz jar labels cannot state the honey’s UMF level as this term is trademarked by NZ companies, however, NPA measures exactly the same phenolics in the honey.

We can’t refer to the fluorescence marker for manuka honey, the methyl syringate glycoside derivative (aka Leptosperin) in both New Zealand and Australian Manuka honeys, although quite a few research papers show this to be also present in Australian Manuka honeys. This is because Leptosperin is also a NZ trade marked term and the laboratory process for measuring it is patented by a NZ firm and controlled by licencing to specific NZ laboratories. You are of course allowed to read some of the scientific papers related to this research and you can access these on our website.

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What the LFACTOR ™ 18+ about?
Lets give a loud shout out to Australian Manuka producing beekeepers and celebrate the deep diversity that exists in this special family of plants, the Leptospermum, from which the European honey bees make Manuka honeys.

And of course, the unsung heroines of this potent honey are the bees that make it, store it away and then surrender some of this bounty to us humans to enjoy.

In celebration of the amazing diversity of Manuka plants our bees forage on By Buzzz has created the category of LFACTOR™ 18+ for our range of East Coast Australian Manuka honeys. It stands for Leptospermum Factor – the factor underpinning the unique diversity of Manuka honey tastes. Of the 85 Leptospermum plants our honey bees forage on there are 18 species here on the East Coast of Australia that have the verifiable high potency nectars needed to make medical manuka honey. The LFACTOR 18+ refers to these:

L.poligalifolium poligalifolium; L.continentale; L.arachnoides; L.poligalifolium cismontanum; L.speciosum; L.gregarium; L.morrisonii; L.whitei; L.liversigei; L.junipernum; L.petersonii; L.brachyandrum; L.minutifolium; L.oreophilum; L.scoparium; L.flavensce; L.variabile; L.squarrosum

Demystify Manuka honey ratings

By Buzzz jar labels cannot state the honey’s UMF level as this term is trademarked by NZ companies, however, NPA measures exactly the same phenolics in the honey.

What the LFACTOR ™ 18+ about?
Lets give a loud shout out to Australian Manuka producing beekeepers and celebrate the deep diversity that exists in this special family of plants, the Leptospermum, from which the European honey bees make Manuka honeys.

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Demystify Manuka honey ratings

By Buzzz jar labels cannot state the honey’s UMF level as this term is trademarked by NZ companies, however, NPA measures exactly the same phenolics in the honey.

What the LFACTOR ™ 18+ about?Lets give a loud shout out to Australian Manuka producing beekeepers and celebrate the deep diversity that exists in this special family of plants, the Leptospermum, from which the European honey bees make Manuka honeys.

Quick Links

Contact

Buzzz Online

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What the LFACTOR ™ 18+ about?
Lets give a loud shout out to Australian Manuka producing beekeepers and celebrate the deep diversity that exists in this special family of plants, the Leptospermum, from which the European honey bees make Manuka honeys.