On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, J.Lef wrote:

> I am not a large consumer of honey, but use honey in my daily
> teas, in my pizza crusts and occassionaly in a recipe.
> Now is it me, but the sweetness factor of the grocery store
> honeys (all the major labels) has seen to gone down, especially in the last
> two or three years. My taste buds are just fine with everything else, so I
> know its not me.
> Am I just imagining this, or is it possible, manufacturers are
> somehow diluting the honey somehow, even though the ingrediants say just
> honey?
>
> Thanks

They are "diluting" it in a way. A lot of commercial honey is farmed. Many
man-made hives are "salted" with sugar to allow bees to produce with
little or no nectar and many come with a man-made comb. It is also common
for farmers to pull the honey several times a "growing season" which does
does not allow for the seasoning that occurs when honey is left to "ripen"
in the comb.

Elaine, too