Active Honey Test
Active Honey Test
Testing kit with 5 test strips for personal use at home.
Honey can be labeled RAW. Don’t judge by words. Test it!
Honey can be fake or counterfeit. But even natural honey can lose its health properties after processing.
When honey is mixed with water, natural bee enzymes become active and start producing hydrogen peroxide, a key antibacterial factor in honey.
A negative test result will appear in all cases where that activity is absent: fake or counterfeit honey, and real honey that has lost its properties during processing, heating, or storage.
Each kit includes 5 test strips, so you can compare different honey samples and choose raw honey with confidence.
Instructions. The test ships Worldwide from the EU by standard mail (no tracking). Shipping cost: $1.90. Charged in your local currency at the current exchange rate.
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Labeled raw. But is honey still active?
This test shows whether honey still retains the natural properties expected from raw honey.
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See what the seller will not tell you
Shows whether processing or heating has already destroyed the natural health properties.
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Test it yourself at home
Just honey, water, and a test strip. No equipment. No lab. No guesswork.
Step-by-step instruction for using the test. For more details, see our full FAQ page.
The test arrives in a standard mail envelope, with no tracking or delivery notification. The reagent on the test strips is light-sensitive. Keep the test away from bright light. Store unused test strips in the refrigerator.
The test is not suitable for certain types of honey, specifically manuka and honeydew honey. It is intended for home use only and does not replace laboratory analysis.
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Small-scale beekeeper with less than 10 hives. I personally harvest and bottle my honey. I know I do not heat/pasteurize the product or add any additives, however, this test helps illustrate to the buyer that the glucose oxidase enzymes are active. My buyers can purchase with confidence that they are receiving 100% pure, raw unadulterated honey due to this test.
On a side note, I tested my local big-box store's "best" honey and it was inactive.
I love that there’s initiatives, solely volunteer based of Olexalab , to help combat honey fraud! The integrity of “local” honey is one of the utmost valuable traits of true honey. It’s time to stop imposters from cashing in on what takes bees a life time to create. Each bee only makes 1/12th a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime. Cherish the rarity of her labors.
I tried on 4 different honey samples from locals (Vietnam) and a control (pure water). The kits are easy to conduct and the results are very helpful. Thank you!
I tested one "normal" store-bought honey and four locally bought organic honeys. Not all of them claimed to be raw, nevertheless, it was fascinating to see the difference! Only one of the honeys showed a high activity, one was almost in the active range, judging by the colour. The store-bought showed absolutely no colour. Would definitely do this test again!
