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honey can have natural source maltose and that will make a honey crystallize like you describe. these are often sold as creamed or whipped honey, and are often stirred to promote crystallization. A honey lacking maltose will crystallize into large hard crystals that have to be melted .
Ah, thank you. That will help me research it more.
Fancy honey might not actually be honey
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Re: Fancy honey might not actually be honey
#112Another downside of globalization, it has become cheap and easy to move food items across the world, so Vietnamese sugar syrup can be sold here as "honey" and it becomes a race to the bottom - actual honey producers either go out of business or have to do the same thing. Then a free trade advocate will point to how much the consumer price of "honey" has declined to show how well it works. This should be straight up r…
It is surprising how many handicrafts in Tanzania have Made in China stickers on them even though they are being sold as locally made. English is a common language there so it's unlikely the locals don't know what the sticker says, it probably just doesn't matter to the tourists buying the stuff. Wouldn't be surprised if this was the case in many indigenous craft markets around the world.
Paris is full of guys with wares on blankets selling 100-for-5 euro Alibaba mini Eiffel towers for 3 euro a pop. People stop and buy them. It's baffling.
Or the "Christmas markets". Hahaha. What a scam.
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>visit farm shops And come up with a good estimate for their production capacity vs sales...
You know, I'd rather live in a world where the supermarkets are well stocked with product that anyone can afford, but where it's still accurately labeled as "cider-like product" instead of cider, "honey-like syrup" instead of honey, and "frozen dairy dessert" instead of ice cream. Because the genuine article isn't always cheap to make, but it shouldn't have to compete with imitation products that are disguising thems…
I used to laugh that Kraft singles were labeled as “cheese product” instead of just, you know, cheese. Now I can appreciate Kraft for their “honesty” (even if it may have been mandated by law). Still don’t buy their products, but I don’t have a negative view of the brand. I’m sure there are things they are actually good at/for.
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I used to trust the California Olive Ranch brand for olive oil, but lately noticed they started labeling their some of their bottles as imported and accidentally bought some. It tastes fine, but if I recall correctly the problems with olive oil usually come from imports where laws and regulation rules change from country to country. Luckily I live close to a real olive mill, but there really is no way to know. Plus y…
FWIW, they were probably forced to import to meet demand due to the poor California olive crop last year.
After I noticed the change I went to the website to see what it was about and this is exactly what happened.
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But that's all flavor is. Yes it's an obsolete sense, but we are animals not computers. We can't download a new taste program to change what we like.
Are you saying that desire for honey is hard wired into us? I believe that's true for sugar, but not the additional flavors in honey. Anyway, people buy fake honey simply because they think it is honey. So I don't think it is the specific taste that you can only get from actual honey. Most people these days buy fake maple syrup (since real is so expensive), and tests have shown most can't tell the difference from rea…
Rob I'm not disagreeing with your greater point but do you mind linking me to some of these taste tests with maple syrup? I could only find one in a cursory search online and it was between two people. Sorry to bug you!