Originally Posted by
Balance
That’s what the industry thought but sadly, that’s proven not to be the case with the bulk of the ‘manuka’ honey in storage out there.
It depends on the level of DHA in the honey in the first place as to how high the UMF or MG can go up to.
Plus, multiflora Manuka honey fetches a hugely lower price than monoflora manuka h
oney. I personally know of one beekeeper in Northland whose business went from hugely profitable to losses under the new MPI standard as his honey was reclassified to multiflora.