Many of you have started learning more about honey and its benefits. But you must be wondering what kind of honey to purchase in the stores. There are so many varieties out there – it can get quite confusing. You want to ensure when you go to buy honey that you are purchasing what is called ‘raw honey’. A lot of honey that you find in supermarkets isn’t raw honey straight from the bees, but honey that has been pasteurized and cleaned up – processed honey.
This means, that after pasteurization and processing, a lot of the honey isn’t as potent as it was before. If you ensure you get raw honey (wild honey is also its other name), you will be getting the best kind of honey. Raw honey looks milkier and contains particles and flecks made of bee pollen, honeycomb bits, propolis, and broken bee wing fragments.
Raw honey has a really high anti-oxidant level which means you get higher benefits from using raw honey than from using pasteurized honey. Raw honey is really easy to find and not much more expensive than pasteurized honey. You can find it in health food stores and in most major supermarkets now. Use raw honey as you would pasteurized honey. Store raw honey as you would any other kind of honey in a cool, dark place and away from heat or refrigeration.
