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Holland & Barrett Organic Wild Flower Clear Honey 340gHolland & Barrett Organic Wild Flower Clear Honey 340gHolland & Barrett Organic Wild Flower Clear Honey 340g
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Holland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 70+ Squeezy 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 70+ Squeezy 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 70+ Squeezy 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 70+ Squeezy 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 70+ Squeezy 350g
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Holland & Barrett Clear Blended Honey 907gHolland & Barrett Clear Blended Honey 907g
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Rowse Organic Clear Honey 680gRowse Organic Clear Honey 680gRowse Organic Clear Honey 680g
Rowse Organic Clear Honey 680g
4.5 (2)
£5.75
Holland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 1200+ Gift Box 250gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 1200+ Gift Box 250gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 1200+ Gift Box 250gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 1200+ Gift Box 250gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 1200+ Gift Box 250g
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Holland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 50+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 50+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 50+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 50+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 50+ 350g
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Holland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 250+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 250+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 250+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 250+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 250+ 350g
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Holland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 800+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 800+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 800+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 800+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 800+ 350g
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Holland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 1000+ Gift Box 250gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 1000+ Gift Box 250gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 1000+ Gift Box 250gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 1000+ Gift Box 250gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 1000+ Gift Box 250g
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TIANA Organic Active Wild Flower Honey 250g
TIANA Organic Active Wild Flower Honey 250g
4.5 (74)
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Manuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 340 500gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 340 500gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 340 500gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 340 500gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 340 500g
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Wainwrights Zambian Forest Honey 380g
Wainwrights Zambian Forest Honey 380g
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Healy Family Organic Squeezy Honey 340g
Healy Family Organic Squeezy Honey 340g
£2.99
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Holland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 100+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 100+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 100+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 100+ 350gHolland & Barrett Manuka Honey MGO 100+ 350g
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Manuka Doctor Manuka Honey MGO 70 500gManuka Doctor Manuka Honey MGO 70 500gManuka Doctor Manuka Honey MGO 70 500gManuka Doctor Manuka Honey MGO 70 500gManuka Doctor Manuka Honey MGO 70 500g
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Manuka Doctor Manuka Honey MGO 70 500g
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Rowse Oxfordshire Wildflower Honey 225g
Rowse Oxfordshire Wildflower Honey 225g
£4.50
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Black Bee Honey British Spring Honey 227gBlack Bee Honey British Spring Honey 227gBlack Bee Honey British Spring Honey 227gBlack Bee Honey British Spring Honey 227gBlack Bee Honey British Spring Honey 227g
Black Bee Honey British Spring Honey 227g
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Manuka Doctor Premium Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 340 250gManuka Doctor Premium Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 340 250gManuka Doctor Premium Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 340 250g
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Manuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 840 250gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 840 250gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 840 250gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 840 250gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 840 250g
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Egmont Honey Manuka Honey MGO 250+ 250gEgmont Honey Manuka Honey MGO 250+ 250gEgmont Honey Manuka Honey MGO 250+ 250g
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Egmont Manuka Honey 1046+ MGO 250gEgmont Manuka Honey 1046+ MGO 250gEgmont Manuka Honey 1046+ MGO 250gEgmont Manuka Honey 1046+ MGO 250g
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Black Bee British Summer Honey 227gBlack Bee British Summer Honey 227gBlack Bee British Summer Honey 227gBlack Bee British Summer Honey 227gBlack Bee British Summer Honey 227g
Black Bee British Summer Honey 227g
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Manuka Doctor Premium Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 240 250gManuka Doctor Premium Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 240 250gManuka Doctor Premium Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 240 250gManuka Doctor Premium Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 240 250gManuka Doctor Premium Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 240 250g
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Manuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 100 Squeeze 500gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 100 Squeeze 500gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 100 Squeeze 500gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 100 Squeeze 500gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 100 Squeeze 500g
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Manuka Pharm Manuka Honey MGO 70 250gManuka Pharm Manuka Honey MGO 70 250gManuka Pharm Manuka Honey MGO 70 250gManuka Pharm Manuka Honey MGO 70 250gManuka Pharm Manuka Honey MGO 70 250g
Manuka Pharm Manuka Honey MGO 70 250g
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Orelia Spanish Forest Honey 300gOrelia Spanish Forest Honey 300gOrelia Spanish Forest Honey 300g
Orelia Spanish Forest Honey 300g
5.0 (9)
£7.49
Manuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 640 250gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 640 250gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 640 250gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 640 250gManuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 640 250g
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Manuka Doctor Monofloral Manuka Honey MGO 640 250g
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Starpowa Ouka Manuka Honey Gummies Monofloral 525 MGO+ 60 GummiesStarpowa Ouka Manuka Honey Gummies Monofloral 525 MGO+ 60 GummiesStarpowa Ouka Manuka Honey Gummies Monofloral 525 MGO+ 60 GummiesStarpowa Ouka Manuka Honey Gummies Monofloral 525 MGO+ 60 Gummies
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£39.99
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Egmont Honey Manuka Honey MGO 700+ 250gEgmont Honey Manuka Honey MGO 700+ 250gEgmont Honey Manuka Honey MGO 700+ 250gEgmont Honey Manuka Honey MGO 700+ 250g
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At Holland & Barrett we stock a wide, high quality range of honey. We sell only the highest quality Manuka honey as well as our other favourites such as eucalyptus honey, orange blossom honey and organic wild flower honey to name but a few.

Honey provides a variety of health benefits and only the recommeneded amount should be taken daily. 

 

Honey

 

Honey is a sweet nectar that contains approximately 600 compounds. With a long history of uses, Holland & Barrett provide a range of honey products, which includes blended honey, Manuka honey supplements and natural honey.

 

Products

 

Holland & Barrett provide an extensive collection of honey solutions and supplements. Some of our most popular products include:

Holland & Barrett are committed to offering the finest quality when it comes to health products and supplements. You can browse for your honey product across our collection today.

FAQs
What is honey?

We all know honey: that thick, golden substance produced by hardworking bees.

 

These iconic striped insects take the nectar of flowering plants and transform it into honey, which is stored inside a beehive for consumption when food is scarce.

 

But what exactly is honey made of?

How is honey made?

The nectar that bees extract from flowers is a sugary liquid. Once extracted from the flower, the nectar is stored in the bee’s second stomach, which contains enzymes. (Bees have two stomachs! One for storing nectar and the other for consumed food.)

 

These enzymes interact with the stored nectar and change its chemical composition, making it easier to store long term.

 

Once back at the hive, the bee regurgitates the liquid from its second stomach into another bee’s mouth. The regurgitation process is repeated multiple times, until eventually the nectar is deposited into a honeycomb.

 

But the honey in the honeycomb isn’t yet the honey that we eat on our toast. It is still a liquid. At this point, it can be extracted by beekeepers and bottled and sold as raw “honey” (which answers another question: what is raw honey?)

 

But if the raw honey remains in the beehive with the bees, the bees fan the honeycomb with their wings, speeding up the process of evaporation and leaving a thick, firm substance behind.

 

With the water evaporated, the bee secretes liquid from its abdomen, which seals it off.

 

This secretion is beeswax. It provides a natural seal, keeping the bees’ food safe and available for the cold winter months, when no flowers bloom.

What is honey good for?

Ordinary honey is good for all our sweet tooth needs. Toast? Check. Waffles? Check. Banana split? Check.

 

Try Holland & Barrett Clear Blended Honey for your cooking, baking, and breakfast.

 

Honey is a wonderful alternative to processed white sugar – so next time you are reaching for the cereal box or making a cup of tea, try honey instead!

What is manuka honey?

The question of what exactly manuka honey is comes up a lot.

 

To answer it, we first have to establish that the taste, texture and quality of honey differs depending on where the honey is produced. There are many different types of plant nectar – as many types as there are plants.

 

Manuka honey is very special because it is produced from the flowers of just one plant, the manuka bush.

 

The technical term for this is “monofloral.” You can really experience this in the taste. It is a world away from normal supermarket honey, which is made from multiple different types of plant nectar.

 

The manuka bush is native to New Zealand and south east Australia, and this hardy plant has been growing there for thousands of years.

 

You can easily tell which honey is manuka thanks to a Unique Manuka Factor (UMF) label which can been found on unmodified, natural manuka honey. The UMF mark also tells you how much methylglyoxal (MGO) is in the honey. Higher numbers (higher grades) of honey have more natural MGO inside.

 

Manuka Lab Manuka Honey MGO 300 will not have quite as much MGO as Manuka Lab Manuka Honey MGO 525 for example.

 

But the MGO rating also affects price, so you can decide which MGO rating you require for your needs.

What is manuka honey good for?

That methylglyoxal (MGO) we mentioned? This is what sets manuka honey apart. It is the MGO that is widely thought to be responsible for manuka honey’s unique antibacterial properties.

 

But the most common use for manuka honey is to soothe a sore throat. The antibacterial properties of Manuka honey works against bacteria, while at the same time coating the inner lining of the throat, promoting a soothing sensation.

What does honey do for your skin?

That soothing and cleansing quality has been utilised by some in their skin care routines.

 

You can use a pea-sized amount of honey, diluting it with water if needed, as a facial cleanser. Research has shown that even diluted manuka honey has soothing and cleansing properties.

Is honey vegan?

This question gets asked a lot, and the answer is – it depends.

 

As a rule, vegans avoid or minimise all forms of animal products, so many vegans exclude honey from their diets.

 

But honey is divisive amongst vegans. Many vegans do not think that honey should be excluded from a vegan diet, since honey is a natural by-product of bees.

 

And with valuable bee populations declining, protecting and encouraging bee colonies for the production of honey is considered by some a hugely important reason to eat honey.

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