Tropical Traditions has become a household name in our home. I am doing a 3rd review for them and this time I got to try the Canadian Raw Honey. Well I have never had Raw Honey before, I usually just buy the little bear shaped bottle in the store. When I received the jar of honey it was hard as a rock. I mean solid not like the honey I buy so I was a little leery. We just set the jar in a bowl of hot water and it melted quickly into a nice brown honey color and it was the best honey I have ever tasted. I don't normally eat honey alone like on toast or with peanut butter. I usually put it in sauces, like mixing it with Soy Sauce for dipping Seared Tuna. I have to admit it had a very good, fresh honey taste. Tropical Traditions Organic Raw Honey changed my mind about honey. My husband uses it in his tea and loves it. I tried it with peanut butter and enjoyed it. I have to say tropical Traditions made me a believer! Also please check out their Free Coconut Recipe website they have some great Coconut recipes that you could use for the Holidays!
Here is some info from the website you need to know:
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.
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.
Try some, and we think you’ll agree that there is no finer honey in North America! Raw, organic, Canadian honey, available exclusively in the US through Tropical Traditions.
Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product.
Tropical Traditions is offering one of my lucky readers a 17.6 oz jar of the Organic Canadian Raw Honey.
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