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Adulterated honey is a massive issue around the world; at least these people are being honest about it.
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Look at that, it's a product that is entirely dependent on the idea that no one ever actually reads the label... Sadly this unscrupulous company has probably made a fortune this way
At least the ingredients are being honest. It's a massive problem around the world. They even have insanely sophisticated testing machines that are even fooled sometimes.
The issue is often a result of companies paying off those 3rd party testers to use outdated equipment that can't detect the counterfeiting methods being used, or so I've heard.
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Welcome to Lemmy, you don't need to go back to reddit. It gets better here everyday.
Also - do I just put a letter with Kelly Honey Farms in the mail and hope it gets there? A full address would be nice.
This is just another day in america, is it not?
They say on the bottle that it's a blend so I don't think this is that infuriating. Though if I saw "Texas Honey Blend" I'd assume it's cut with crude oil.
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It’s a blend of honey and high fructose corn syrup, what in the ever living fuck is high fructose corn syrup doing in honey? Oh, making more profits by cutting it.
Death to high fructose corn syrup
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Maybe just me personally, but if they're gonna put "blend" on the bottle I'd be more inclined to assume it's intended as a selling point rather than a begrudging legal requirement.
Many thanks.
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I get it, I was banned from Reddit for saying that being progressive was a good thing. That was just dandy. I consider it a badge of honor to have pissed them off so royally.
I'm seeing the nutritional value thing, but I don't see what the other comments are talking about...
It's not honey, it's high fructose corn syrup
Technically since honey is listed first it should be at least mostly honey, as in 51% or more. But it is probably mostly corn syrup and the phrasing is intended to discourage lawsuits that would lead to anyone checking the ratio.
Which is really bad since only needing to be 51% of the thing is a pretty low bar in the first place.
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Isn't it honey AND high fructose corn syrup, and with honey being above the syrup it's mostly honey?
Assuming the label isn't inaccurate, there is at minimum equal parts of the honey and corn syrup. The list must be in descending order by weight. I'm not sure what the rule is for equal quantities; I'd assume alphabetical, but there may be no such requirement.
Only in America.
OK maybe not, but at least here it's illegal to label it honey if it isn't 100% pure honey. that goes for all of EU, where it's illegal to add sugar, according to the EU honey directive.
The result is that you buy either Honey or Syrup, you know what you get, and you get what you pay for.
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Apparently it's illegal in USA too, whether adding the word "blend" makes it legal IDK. It is sort of a warning sign but still misleading.
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All text in large print, but you have to write them snail mail for the nutritional information, which is required by law to be printed on the label.
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Honey is a commonly faked food. At least they label it so you can avoid it.
At least they label it so you can avoid it.
But they call it honey blend, which implies it's a blend of honey from different sources.
This would absolutely be deemed misleading advertising here.
In the USA, it's recommended to label it as "Honey with corn syrup" (PDF: https://www.fda.gov/files/food/published/PDF---Guidance-for-Industry--Proper-Labeling-of-Honey-and-Honey-Products.pdf) but that's just a recommendation, not a law. The FDA should get stricter about this.
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I agree. This should be called a honey sauce at best.
It sucks in the US where misleading labeling gets a free pass for being technically corrent if you squint hard enough is not considered misleading.
If they were Really Smart™ they would just lable it as a dietary supplement, then all regulation goes out the window and it's a free-for-all!
I think that interpretation cuts both ways, where the 'blend' could also imply that the honey is blended with something other than honey.
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I heard about that. I wouldn't even buy beeswax from Amazon because I heard all the horror stories of even some of the highly rated products being cut with Paraffin, which gives me headaches. I could give you a list.
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Okay, this is the line that should not be crossed, we should evict Texas.
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