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We have a honey loving connoisseur in house. Our 8 year old son, Sawyer, is nuts about honey. He invented his own version of peanut butter, banana and honey sandwich, loves honey sticks as a treat, honey dribbled over banana slices and there is nothing better in his eyes than a toasted cinnamon-raisin muffin with butter and honey all melty on top. So you can imagine how his eyes popped when we received a 17 oz. jar of Tropical Traditions Organic Raw Honey in the mail!
Tropical Traditions Organic Raw Honey comes from the frontier areas of Canada, and is only harvested during a 6-week period in the summer. Tropical Traditions is the exclusive source of this premium organic honey in the U.S. Most commercial honeys available on the market today come from bee farms, where the bees are controlled within a certain area and get their pollen from usually only one kind of flower. Many of the plants that produce these flowers (clover, orange blossom, etc.) are grown with pesticides and fertilizers as well. In addition, almost all honeys on the market are pasteurized in high heat and filtered, removing many of the beneficial nutrients and enzymes.
Tropical Traditions Organic Raw Honey has not been subjected to the heat of processing, only warmed enough to flow (same temperatures the honey would see inside the hive). We select only premium honey that is pure, smooth and creamy, with the consistency of soft margarine at harvest. It contains live yeast and enzymes, because it has not been processed. It also contains pollen because it has not been filtered—merely screened.
Fine textured crystals are characteristic of totally pure, unheated, unprocessed, raw honey. Properly crystallized honey has a fine, smooth texture. Crystallized honey preserves natural goodness and doesn’t drip. The more rapidly honey crystallizes the finer the texture will be. It will also turn harder over time as it crystallizes. Truly raw honeys do not deteriorate with age, but like fine wines, continue to age and develop into more complex tastes.
Sawyer is in honey heaven!
It tastes so sweet and creamy.
In order for honey to be certified organic, the beehives must be placed in isolated areas miles from the dense population, industry, traffic congestion, and farm fields treated with chemicals and landfills. Second, a bee’s flying range is determined by their natural instinct which tells them to stay within their natural four mile range from the hive location. Finding area which can be certified organic is extremely difficult, which is why there are so few certified organic honeys on the market. Tropical Traditions sources its honey from hives in the wild frontier areas of Canada.
These regions are a rich source of wild vegetation that produce some of the finest honey in the world. The USDA and Canadian Organic Certification implies a rigorous set of standards and conditions that must be adhered to by both the producer (beekeeper) and the packager. All aspects of the honey production including the source of the nectar, forage area of the bees, management of the bees, extracting process, transportation, “lot” management, processing temperature, integrity (no co-mingling with non-organic honey), screening, and, packaging materials, are taken into account in the certification process.
How fantastic is this?! Tropical Traditions is giving one
Money Saving Maine-iac reader a 17 oz. jar of Organic Raw Honey too!
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This giveaway is open to residents of the United States, 18 years or older at the time of entry. The giveaway will close Sunday, November 14th, 2010 at midnight. GOOD LUCK!!
I was given a jar of Tropical Traditions Organic Raw Honey for product review. No monetary compensation was given. All opinions given are mine and mine alone!
