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Airborne Classic Bush & Classic Liquid Honey 500g $6.00 (Was $12) @ Woolworths

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Airborne Classic Bush & Classic Liquid Honey 500g $6.00 (Was $12) @ Woolworths
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Arthur Dunger on 22/01/2020 - 11:52 woolworths.com.au (412 clicks)

Airborne Bush Honey contains a number of different honeys such as Kamahi, Manuka and Wildflower, which are carefully selected, blended and creamed. Creamed honey contains 100% pure honey and absolutely nothing else. Our 100 years experience and specialized creaming process mean we produce a deliciously soft, creamy honey.

Airborne Classic Liquid 500g
https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/269925/air…

Airborne Liquid Honey contains a number of different honeys such as clover and wildflower. These honeys are carefully selected and blended to retain the delicate flavour that makes Airborne Liquid honey so special. Our 100 years of experience and specialized process mean we produce a deliciously soft, liquid honey.

Product of New Zealand.

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  • jv on 22/01/2020 - 11:58

    Classic Liquid Honey 500g $6.00

    Do they also do Solid honey?

  • jayz on 22/01/2020 - 12:00

    When it says creamed honey, does that mean it's the texture of like butter?

    • jv on 22/01/2020 - 12:07
      -3

      does that mean it's the texture of like butter?

      I would have thought the texture would be like cream.

    • INFIDEL on 22/01/2020 - 12:12
      +1

      Creamed honey is whipped so it's creamy coloured & spreadable rather than pourable. My favourite style as a messy child!

  • Wardaddy on 22/01/2020 - 12:07
    +5

    When I saw "Bush honey" I thought it was something quite different.

  • dcep on 22/01/2020 - 12:25

    is honey just 100% sugars ? no other nutrition ?

  • FBI on 22/01/2020 - 13:04

    Can anyone advise if this is 100% honey please (I do not care about fructose or glucose)?

  • [Deactivated] on 22/01/2020 - 14:46
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    So this is just the leftover slops which are mixed together….and marketing people people whack a lot of wanky terms & hike the price.

    • INFIDEL on 22/01/2020 - 15:16
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      Most commercial honey (unless flower variety is specified) is a mix of blossoms to give consistent flavour & aroma. But you can't keep bees off other blossoms!

      As local honey industry is going through a hard time, more imported honey will hit the shelves.

      So terminology on this NZ production may seem different.

      @ current $12/kg doesn't seem much of hike the price.

      Site explains their approach…
      https://www.airborne.co.nz/

      Airborne is a family owned business that has been making honey for over 100 years.

      airborne is an appropriate name (not spin) as it is collected by bees in that manner, & during extraction from frames - the honey vapour becomes airborne.
      I've got a bit high on the sugars while extracting😉

      • Arthur Dunger on 22/01/2020 - 16:10

        You know a lot about honey.

        • INFIDEL on 22/01/2020 - 17:04
          +1

          A long time ago, I taught basic bee keeping & extracted from inner city hives.

      • [Deactivated] on 22/01/2020 - 16:40
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        Yep it's just mixed blossom/blended honey. Nothing special.

        And its not the wild bees mixing blossoms to make honey, its the factory mixing the honey

        contains a number of different honeys such as Kamahi, Manuka and Wildflower, which are carefully selected, blended

        • INFIDEL on 22/01/2020 - 17:03

          Amazing - you can tell without tasting!
          You expect a lot for $12/kg at a time of drought & bushfires causing shortages of honey supply here!

          It's another choice of basic honey like most people eat, which are from blended sources.

          Expect it will taste a little different, & it's cheaper now than popular brands! Will try as friends hives have no surplus.

          It tells you the honeys are carefully selected, blended!

          Bees would be exhausted / die travelling the distance to source nectar from all those different blossoms!
          You expect a lot from them! I've never heard of any producer offering what you expect!

          Producers select the honeys primarily produced by each blossom & blend - otherwise the blend would vary with batches. Tastes vary with season, location etc.

          Consumers usually are the ones who expect the same consistent taste - just ask McDonald's.

          Same as many other commercially produced food & alcohol for the mass market - blended for consistency of taste & appearance.

          Plenty of other honeys out there (including from this family business) if you want something different at a price. But Woolies isn't usually the place for those!

          • [Deactivated] on 22/01/2020 - 19:15
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            @INFIDEL: Rant on with emotive, but irrelevant fact all you like, it's blended honey, nothing special. It's the leftovers blended together, like cheap scotch.

            I paid the same price a few weeks ago for 500g of macadamia honey, same price for iron bark, blue gum & yellow box honey from a farmer's shop.

            I was chatting with a few guys who are apiarist the other day. I was asking how they did in the fires around Melbourne, one bloke had his bees in Shepparton and was getting 20kg every other week.

            • INFIDEL on 22/01/2020 - 21:11

              @[Deactivated]: Like everything, there are blends & there are blends.

              While I stay away from most blended whiskey, there are some nice blends I enjoy for everyday drinking like Yamazaki. A good drop at a fraction of the price of the unblended. The good stuff is kept to be enjoyed.

              Same with honey for everyday use where specialist honey is not needed. This honey could fill that role, depending on the taste.

              Most honey bought is blended!

              Yes, cheap supermarket honey I've tried have disappointed. But this is a temporary price reduction, not cheap @$24/kg normally!

              Will try on special, but won't pay full price😉

              The loss of habitat & dry conditions will reduce nectar & therefore honey production. Without access to blossom, the hive relies on the stored honey to survive.

              Honey shortages predicted as beekeepers face worst conditions on record due to bushfires, drought

              You must have missed the devastating loss of very important bee breeding stock (purebred Ligurian bees brought in from Italy over 100 years ago - apparently the purist strain in the world) due to the bushfires on Kangaroo Island weeks ago. Will have a large effect on bee numbers (restocking) & honey production around Australia over time.

              The above are NOT emotive, but irrelevant fact! I also talk with apiarists. They say it is a major problem.

              Unless you've seen their hives & facilities - anyone selling honey can claim they're an apiarist! Unfortunately there is fraud (especially substitution) in making money from honey.

              Producing 10kg/wk is insignificant to call themselves an apiarist - that's hobby level! The costs would likely be larger than the income.

              Yes, there are cheap honeys, claiming single blossom origin - but how good or pure is it? Where does the honey come from?
              It's everywhere & price has remained suspiciously low for many years. My apiarist friends have a definite view on it! It is unlike any honey I've produced.

    • INFIDEL on 24/01/2020 - 16:05

      You do realise all commercial honey is blended, even single blossom honey (that is never single blossom).

      I don't know of any single hive honey - unless you extract it yourself. Even small producers mix their honeys.

      Analysis of batch bought
      A good tasty honey like I used to harvest.

  • INFIDEL on 22/01/2020 - 17:55

    Anyone tried - how does it taste?

  • capslock janitor on 23/01/2020 - 22:11

    Could someone educate me about honey?

    contains 100% pure honey and absolutely nothing else.

    This apparently has 78g Sugars per 100g? Is sugar added in some time in the process?

    • INFIDEL on 23/01/2020 - 22:22

      Where were you when they taught about the birds & the bees😀

      Bees add the different types of sugars - from nectar from flowers to produce honey in the hive (about 40 percent fructose and 30 percent glucose)!

      "Sugar" is only 1 of many types of sugars!

      Sugar is not added to honey. That would be aduteration, subject to prosecution if caught.

      Discussed above - Honey is a supersaturated sugar solution.
      In this honey: 78% sugars with 12% water.

  • INFIDEL on 24/01/2020 - 15:53
    +1

    Bought the Creamed Honey (Bush Honey).
    Tried as soon as bought. Good flavour lingered in the mouth on way home.

    A flavoursome creamy honey - not too thick, easily spreadable. (Some creamed honey is very bland.)

    It won't last long - can't stop eating it.

  • INFIDEL on 24/01/2020 - 16:07
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    Entered Batch number (or scan QR code) for details:
    https://www.airborne.co.nz/pages/traceme?batch-number=193341

    HMF of 6.7 indicates lack of heat treatment - good. (Heat treatment is often used to recover old honey that has crystallized.)

    From South of North Island & North of South Island.

    Plus other analysis of this batch (moisture, sugars, pollen, etc)

    Creamy spreadable Bush honey. A stronger flavour for those with a desire for that nostalgic trip to the beekeeper or those wanting that extra flavour in their honey. A range of mixed bush sources including manuka.

  • INFIDEL on 24/01/2020 - 16:17
    +1

    Thanks Arthur Dunger!
    Really enjoying this honey🍯

    • Arthur Dunger on 29/01/2020 - 20:31
      +1

      No probs, I got one of each. The classic bush is very different to the normal Aussie home brand stuff I usually buy, so it's a nice change. The classic liquid is nice but I like bush more.

      • INFIDEL on 29/01/2020 - 20:52
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        Bought the bush (creamed) honey again yesterday before the price doubled. I've liked it so much!

        Haven't bought much honey in years - friends harvest it from their hives.

        Looked at the normal liquid honey, but thought it may not be that much different to the usual honeys. Thanks for your opinion - I don't think I missed out.

        I grew up on this style of creamed honey. Surprised others may not be used to it. There are other brands @Woolies. But the mix of stronger flavoured honeys in this mix makes it better.

        Creamed honey can be made from ordinary honey - by thoroughly mixing 1 part creamed honey to 10 parts liquid. And then wait for the fine sugar crystals to form. You keep some of the last batch as starter for next batch. Plenty of info online.

  • INFIDEL on 25/01/2020 - 12:30
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    For the fun of it - what if there were no bees (45s)

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