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Patrick Dawkins
Feb 13 min read
Mānuka Honey Founders Reinforce the Need for Higher Standards
Two beekeepers who were among the group of six who first sat around a table and coined the association that is now UMF share their thoughts


Phil Caskey
Dec 2, 202410 min read
Mānuka Honey: What Went Wrong? And a Road to Recovery
Mānuka honey pioneer Phil Caskey shares his vision for a better UMF™ brand and a better mānuka honey industry...


Patrick Dawkins
Dec 2, 20243 min read
A Hot Topic – UMF Honey Standards
A recent survey of UMF™ branded mānuka honey in China and Singapore by UMFHA returned what has been described as “an alarming number of...

Patrick Dawkins
Sep 2, 20243 min read
UMFHA Terminate “Detracting” Licence Holders
As the mānuka honey price pinch tightens, 26 now former the UMFHA licence holders have had their ability to use the UMF brand revoked...


Bruce Roscoe
Sep 2, 202410 min read
Straining the Alphabet Soup
A short history of the various rating systems for mānuka honey:
TA / NPA / UMF / MGO / MG / MGS / AAH / Pollen Percentage / KFactor / MQS.

Patrick Dawkins
Aug 2, 20247 min read
UMF Mānuka Honey: Made in Japan
A recent misstep from a UMFHA member which allowed Japanese filling of honey bags brings the Association’s rules under scrutiny...

Patrick Dawkins
Aug 2, 20243 min read
A Ratings Disaster
Why did 100% Pure New Zealand Honey provide honey to an offshore packer and then allow them to use the UMF brandmark on that product?
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