The Original Honey You Can Trust From Nsuka – Valentine Lucky

The Original Honey You Can Trust From Nsuka – Valentine Lucky

Honey adulteration has become a source of concern to many, especially people living with health challenges.

Here’s what you need to know about Original Nsukka Honey, a prized natural product from the Nsukka region in Enugu State, Nigeria

Origins & Production, Wild & Beekeepers’ Harvest: Sourced from both wild bee colonies and managed hives in Nsukka communities like Opi and Imilike, the honey is harvested using traditional methods often from log or clay pot hives.

The Economic Importance: Local beekeepers rely on honey production for income. Reports show that honey farming in Nsukka can yield significant profits. This is about ₦50 return per ₦5 invested.

Quality & Health Benefits

Raw & Pure: Nsukka Honey is sold unpasteurized, unfiltered, and undiluted. Sellers proudly proclaim its authenticity and natural state.

Antimicrobial Properties: Studies indicate this honey effectively inhibits pathogens like E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus, though effectiveness varies by microorganism. Notably, it showed minimal effect on Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans.

Authenticity & Testing Real honey and fake honey can be differentiated through various tests, including the water, heat, and bread tests. Real honey tends to be less sticky, forms a lump when added to water, caramelizes when heated, and hardens bread.

Fake honey, on the other hand, often dissolves in water, foams when heated, and keeps bread moist.

Fake honey is the term used for honey-like products that contain non-bee products, such as glucose syrups, inverted sugar solutions (from refined sugar) or corn, cane or beet syrup.

Many of the ‘honey’ products being imported into Nigeria are, infact not honey. In 2016, some of the Honey tested imported from Asia proved to be C4 sugars (likely corn syrup) rather than the honey sugar classification of C3. Check out “When Honey Isn’t Honey” for the full report.

While fake honey may look like raw honey, the key difference is that it is made in a factory, rather than by nature. Fake honey also:

It contains a mix of bee honey and cheaper cane or other syrups, added to increase the volume of the honey, reducing the production cost and price; often has a high composition of water diluting the honey, again used to increase the volume of the product and hence profits; and has added artificial or synthetic ingredients such as dyes and flavour enhancers.

Fake honey will not have the natural flavour, texture and aroma of real honey. In fact, fake honey can have a sour odour or no smell at all, and usually contains refined sugars.

Most importantly, fake honey does not have the same health benefits of pure honey.

Nsukka Honey vendor, Mr. Lucky recommends simple home tests to verify purity and authenticity of the honey you want to buy. These 4 simple test methods will reveal the type of honey you are buying.

Fire Test – a honey-soaked matchstick lights up if pure.
Water Test – drops sink straight to the bottom without dissolving.
Thread Test – honey forms a continuous thread when dropped.
Sand Test – pure honey doesn’t immediately seep into sand.

Availability & Packaging

Local Commerce: Widely available in Nsukka and surrounding markets. Bulk prices range from ₦15,000 per litre to ₦400,000 for 25 Liters Gallon.

Online Presence: Also sold via platforms like Etsy, Jumia, or Alibaba, labeled “Authentic Nsukka Bush Honey” noted for its rich, earthy aroma and glass jar packaging.

Why It Matters is that it Promotes Sustainability. And Purchasing Nature’s Honey Farm Products from Nsuka, supports local beekeepers and empowers rural economies.

Traceability & Trust: Transparent sourcing rooted in a specific region ensures authenticity and maintains traditional practices.

My Final Take: The Nsukka Honey stands as a testament to genuine, a natural produce rich in beneficial compounds and rooted in community. Its documented antimicrobial action, coupled with traditional purity tests and transparent packaging, make it a reliable and healthful staple.

Whether you’re a beneficiary of its healing qualities or supporting local livelihoods, insisting on original Nsukka Honey guarantees both quality and social impact.

Would you like to know how to order your original Honey from Nature’s Honey Farm? Or Do you need details on using it medicinally? Just let me know!

Mr. Valentine Lucky Umeh is a graduate of FACULTY of Agricultural and Natural Science, from Ebonyi State University. He is a Health Awareness Expert, write from Lagos. He supplies nothing but Original Honey from Nsuka, Nature’s Honey Farm. He can be reached on his sales hotline: 08067953963