What do you make of BillyBee Honey's Response?

[Guest guest]

I e-mailed BillyBee Honey about their ingredients:

" Can you please assure me in writing that your Pure Natural Honey sold

in the 1 kg squeezable container is indeed 100% pure with NO FRUCTOSE

OR DEXTROSE OR CORN SYRUP ADDED? "

Thank you,

Lynn

And they responded:

Hi Lynn,

Thank you for your email. Billy Bee Honey is 100% natural with

nothing added.

Thank you,

Bessie

Billy Bee Honey Products Ltd.

Whaddaya think?

Lynn - Mommy to Cameron 3.9 (ASD) and Mia Jean (20 months), DH all

different stages SCD

[Guest guest]

I would write back and make sure they mean 100% natural honey and

not 100% natural as in no pres. or chem.

Sandy M.

>

>

> I e-mailed BillyBee Honey about their ingredients:

>

> " Can you please assure me in writing that your Pure Natural Honey

sold

> in the 1 kg squeezable container is indeed 100% pure with NO

FRUCTOSE

> OR DEXTROSE OR CORN SYRUP ADDED? "

>

> Thank you,

> Lynn

>

> And they responded:

>

> Hi Lynn,

>

> Thank you for your email. Billy Bee Honey is 100% natural with

> nothing added.

>

> Thank you,

>

> Bessie

> Billy Bee Honey Products Ltd.

>

>

> Whaddaya think?

>

> Lynn - Mommy to Cameron 3.9 (ASD) and Mia Jean (20 months), DH all

> different stages SCD

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Lynn....this won't answer your question, but i felt i should pass

along some info i do have on Billy Bee Honey. They no longer use

100% Canadian honey, but blend with Argentinian Honey. The problem

with this is that the Argentinian honey can contain Nitrofurans.

Nitrofurans are antimicrobial drugs which are banned in Canada, as

well as in many other countries, for use in food-producing animals,

including honey bees. Billy Bee was one of the brands under a

mandatory recall when Health Canada first investigated this in March

of 2004. Austrailian honey's are also known to be blended with

Argentinian honey.

I didn't investigate to find out why Nitrofurans are banned, i just

opted to avoid a known chemical, when the honey was first recalled

back in 2004.

[Commercial honey's that are blended have to so state on their label.]

Sorry i was NO help

Cindy, IBD, SCD 11 months

Brady, 5, ASD, CP, SCD 11 months

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone;

What brand(s) of honey do you purchase?

Thanks,

Kim

Almost SCD

3 yo ASD, 2 yo NT

Re: What do you make of BillyBee Honey's Response?

Hi Lynn....this won't answer your question, but i felt i should pass

along some info i do have on Billy Bee Honey. They no longer use

100% Canadian honey, but blend with Argentinian Honey.

[Guest guest]

www.azurestandard.com

I buy the gallon of clover honey (other honey flavors as well) for $19.95 a

gallon. It is 100% honey, no additives, flavor determined by the flowers the

bees visited. It is very thick, and very raw, it can be pasturized and filtered

at home.

Summer

Kim Authier Quinn wrote:

Hi Everyone;

What brand(s) of honey do you purchase?

Thanks,

Kim

Almost SCD

3 yo ASD, 2 yo NT

Re: What do you make of BillyBee Honey's Response?

Hi Lynn....this won't answer your question, but i felt i should pass

along some info i do have on Billy Bee Honey. They no longer use

100% Canadian honey, but blend with Argentinian Honey.

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim! If i can't get honey direct from a farm, i find that 'Bear of

the Woods' from Zehrs has been good, or the liquid bulk honey from

either Bulk Barn, or the local health food store. [i'm in ontario]

I used to be able to get great honey from a farm that was a friend of

friend type thing....but the friend moved!! As long as the farm honey

is filtered, ie clear, with no pollen showing, it can be either raw or

pasturized. Hope this helps,

Cindy, IBD, SCD 11 months

Brady, 5, ASD, CP, SCD 11 months

[Guest guest]

Hi again, Kim....oops...its Honey of the Woods that Zehrs carries, and

there is also a canadian honey called Bear in the Woods. [there was a

bear on label, so i was sort of right, lol.]

Cindy, IBD, SCD 11 months

Brady, 5, ASD, CP, SCD 11 months

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the replies on honey Summer and Cindy. Summer, how do you pasturize

honey?

I know you can't give honey to a baby, but is it o.k for a breastfeeding Mom to

eat?

Kim :-)

Pre SCD

3 yo autistic daughter, 2 yo NT daughter, expecting in December

Re: Re: What do you make of BillyBee Honey's Response?

www.azurestandard.com

I buy the gallon of clover honey (other honey flavors as well) for $19.95 a

gallon. It is 100% honey, no additives, flavor determined by the flowers the

bees visited. It is very thick, and very raw, it can be pasturized and filtered

at home.

Summer

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Lynn....this won't answer your question, but i felt i should pass

> along some info i do have on Billy Bee Honey. They no longer use

> 100% Canadian honey, but blend with Argentinian Honey. The problem

> with this is that the Argentinian honey can contain Nitrofurans.

> Nitrofurans are antimicrobial drugs which are banned in Canada, as

> well as in many other countries, for use in food-producing animals,

> including honey bees. blended have to so state on their label.]

>

CINDY!

Thanks for your valuable info!!! Goodbye ol' HoneyBee...

Lynn - Mommy to Cameron 3.9 (ASD) and Mia Jean (20 months old) and DH

all SCD and at diff stages