About honey
Honey has been known and used as a sweetener for thousands of years.
Honey is an all-natural product from the honey bees. After pollination of flowers and plants, the collected nectar is converted to honey with the distinct taste of the vegetation, the bees have drawn on.
This unique process cannot be copied by the food industry, thus making honey a genuine natural product.
Honey consists of different types of sugar, primarily fructose and glucose. Contrary to other sweeteners, honey also contains small amounts of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and antioxidants which provide good nutrients if white sugar is replaced with honey in cooking.
The high content of sugar and small percentage of water, below 20 %, keeps micro organisms from growing, and secures the honey its long shelf life if stored in sealed packaging.
Also, honey has microbial qualities, and is used for wound healing and treatmen of an incipient cold and sore throats.
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration advise not to give honey to infants under 12 months.