Elaine Parrish wrote:
> 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?
>
> 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.

You don't have a clue about honey, not a clue.