this says manuca so it should have come from the manuca plant. how many times are people being cheated when they buy honey? let s put it this way. we sample honey all over the united states and we found that 80% or more of the honey we tested was not what it said on the label. the other pollen with some of the honey from other countries could have harmful pesticides in them. by removing all the pollen, you have no idea where it comes from. yeah. it s sort of like taking your fingerprints and sanding them off, you see? no trace. i import china from honey, with a certain amount of american honey, i can call it a product of the usa? not really, but you know. again, the problem is very few people are checking. nobody is checking this stuff. i m the only person in the united states that does this. no one else in the united states you re the only one? the only one. we can process in a couple of hours, be able to tell you whether or not this stuff is really what it is. let
but there s a less obvious fallout with the food we eat and more specifically our honey. our demand for honey is far greater than we can produce so we look to different countries to get our fix but means different food and safety regulations. who s to say what s even in our honey? so i m going to do a little experiment on supermarket honey. i m meeting an anthropologist and pollen spegtist at texas a&m university. when you test honey, what are you looking for? where the honey comes from. the country of origin and then of course, the other thing we d like to know is what were the nectar sources that they used. you know, that s clover. it should have come from clover. this says manuca so it should have come from the manuca plant. how often when people buy honey are they being cheated?