Wellness Routine

Mānuka honey is produced by bees from the nectar of the native New Zealand Manuka tree (Leptospermum scoparium). Mānuka Honey is world renowned for its unique characteristics. Scientific research has discovered that naturally occurring methylglyoxal (MGO) is a key compound in Mānuka Honey that makes it so different from other kinds of honey. Mānuka honey is the first honey to be so extensively researched and recognised for its remarkable qualities.

While we would love to tell you about our own positive experiences, New Zealand regulations do not allow us to go into detail about the health benefits of Manuka Honey. This is because New Zealand has strict rules health claims relating to food. We recommend a Google Search (or try Google Scholar for scientific papers) for thousands of first-hand reviews, applications and experiences.

The MGO rating system is based on the scientific evidence revealed in 2008 by Professor Thomas Henle. It enables our customers to make informed choices about the potency of honey they're buying. Not all Mānuka honey is equal - it is important to know that the level of methylglyoxal can vary greatly in Mānuka honey, so you want to be sure you get what you've paid for.

That is why Mānuka Health test and certify every batch of MGO Mānuka Honey to guarantee the level of methylglyoxal present, as indicated by the MGO rating on the label. Each batch also undergoes stringent quality testing and is fully traceable right back to the beekeeper it came from.

We developed the MGO rating and quality system based on the scientific evidence revealed in 2008 by Professor Thomas Henle and his research group (Technical University of Dresden, Germany) which identified methylglyoxal (MGO) as one of the key compounds found in New Zealand Mānuka honey.

The MGO Mānuka Honey rating and quality system mean our customers can easily make an informed choice of the potency of the honey they're buying. The higher the MGO rating, the higher the grade of honey.

Honey has been used to treat a range of ailments for thousands of years, and the healing properties of the Mānuka plant have long been valued and used traditionally by the New Zealand Maori people. New Zealand Mānuka honey has gained a global reputation for its healing properties, and it remains the most researched therapeutic honey in the world, particularly for skin and wound healing. However, while many people firmly believe that eating Mānuka honey has health benefits, under New Zealand Food laws, we are not allowed to promote the health benefits of Mānuka honey. We are interested in more fully understanding the benefits of eating Mānuka honey from a health perspective and research is ongoing to understand this complex honey better.

Our stringent testing programme is three-fold.

- It confirms authenticity based on the scientific definition from New Zealand (MPI)

- It confirms potency including efficacy, grading & MGO rating

- It confirms purity, quality & food safety and thus each batch is issued a Certificate of Analysis (CoA) document which confirms the product meets specification.

Careful processing, testing and storage ensures the honey retains unique natural properties.