Dark honey

Honey darkens over time. I have pitch black honey that was simply reheated over time to recrystallize. I collect lots of different honey from friends that go on trips. Most are all black to dark amber in color. Usually its a heat issue.

What makes Chinese honey bad, besides heavy metals popping up here and there is how they A) treat their colonies of bees (using chemicals we do not allow in food) and be how they harvest their honey (often times from the brood space) which makes it easier for those chemicals to make it into the honey.

It does NOT change the color of the honey.

That said, if you are purchasing cheap honey from a major company chances are it has Chinese honey it. Purchase from your local beekeeper. Its worth the price.

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-R