P.R.I Manuka Honey, MGO 100+ New Zealand Raw Monofloral Manuka Honey, 500g

I have not tried any other Manuka honeys, so I can't do a comparison between this brand and others. All that I can tell you is that I purchased one jar about a year ago, I have used it somewhat-sparingly, and I still have a half jar left. The taste and quality have remained the same over that year.I have not used it externally (for wound healing), but I know that it has an excellent reputation, and that even "non-alternative" medical practitioners in my area agree that Manuka honey is an excellent dressing for skin wounds.I have eaten honey for most of my life (all standard, commercial, supermarket-type brands), and I have to say that the taste and texture of this brand of Manuka honey is far superior. Its taste is subtle--not sharp--and the texture is dense and easily-spreadable--not runny and messy.This will be my go-to honey for the foreseeable future. IMO, it's well-worth the extra expense.

There seems to be the usual range of confusion/concerns about Manuka honey products here at Amazon. Understandable given the number of products being listed at Amazon and the range and type of bioactivity assay labeling. Compound the confusion with the fact that different batches of harvest will test, taste, and appear slightly different (that is the nature of raw organic harvested honeys), and people can get really worked up subjectively about a product sometimes. If you are like me, you want the best quality product for the lowest price, in other words you want value for money. So I wanted to post a comment about this particular product item.I just received my first shipment of this item and find it to be as advertized, and from taste, appearance, and aroma it is genuine. I am personally comparing the product with other other very reputable Manuka honey products in my possession. This is an excellent product and an outstanding value in terms of product vs price. I will buy it again as it is the real deal.This particular product is assayed and marked for bioactivity level 10+ (~ equivalent to the new MGO assay value of 100+, though there is no perfect translation between measures). There are higher bioactivity products for sale on Amazon, but honestly for maintenance level consumption for digestive health, you do not need a higher bioactivity IMO. The high MGO products are best, IMO, for topical or very specific internal treatment uses. Nothing wrong with more bioactive Manuka, it's just probably a waste of value for daily personal consumption.At the time of my purchase here, the company that Amazon procures this item from is Pacific Resources and they are a reputable wholesale importer of genuine Manuka honey direct from New Zeland. You can google them if you have any concerns, [...] , and check and verify them on your own. The thing to keep in mind is that since Pacific resources is a wholesaler, they may provide Amazon with the equivalent harvested, tested, and packaged product, but it may carry a different brand label from one order to another. So don't freak out if you see different brand labeling. The key here is that the item is from Pacific Resources. That said, they appear to be marketing the product with their own label now, so maybe that will be their norm moving forward, but the product is harvested, batch numbered, tested, and packaged in New Zeland. Tip: You will find that almost all of the Manuka honey products, regardless of label, are in virtually identical container design, shape and color... so there is likely only one or two packaging entities in New Zeland and all labeling brands are using the same supply chain to obtain product for resale.A last comment, specifically about packaging: I know some people freak out if the product is not in a glass container. I really don't see the issue though as long as the container is BPA free (which all the data I have seen indicates that they are). This product is coming from direct packaging in New Zeland, so it is completely expected that due to weight and breakage concerns they product comes in plastic containers. This product is shipped in light blocking PET containers bearing recycle code 1 on them. For info on the food and consumption safety of code 1 pet plastics see: [...]

I love this honey! I use it primarily for my face and it works wonderfully. It is easy to apply and washes off cleanly with warm water. Not to mention it smells and tastes delicious! I have noticed an overall improvement in the dry patches on my face using this product (but I have used it in combination with others as well). Overall, great stuff!

So, because I was self-medicating/treating a MRSA infection, I got a little nervous when my six times a day treatment of antiseptic cleaning, abrasion, antiseptic cleaning, antibiotic cream only slowed, not stopped, the MRSA infection on my arm.Getting worried, because I will not have the zombie apocalypse start from a nasty post-poison oak infection screwup on treatment, I consulted the Great Oracle of Delphi, known to most now as Google, which informed me that some hippies accidentally came across a natural remedy that worked, Manuka Honey. Being skeptical of hippies, whom after all destroyed all decency in brewing by inventing Kamboucha, a brewing process that does not create significant amounts of alcohol, I decided to read up a little more.Manuka Honey comes from Tea Tree nectar. Tea Trees are perhaps one of the more toxic plants out there, right next to eucalyptus when it comes to lignans, chemicals in the plant walls that can be really toxic to other plants and single-celled organisms (health benefits and risks to humans are both currently debatable).Honey is a real rat-basterd to brew because of bee propylis is a natural anti-microbe that even yeast has a rough time with - that's why mead takes forever to brew.Fueled by fears of kicking off the zombie apocalypse, with a least a minimal of solid science behind feel-good hippie-honey worship, I applied a thin coat on my arm, the location of the neo-zombie looking flesh, feeling vaguelike like half of a peanut-butter and honey sandwich. I then wrapped in gauze, and went to sleep.In the morning I awoke to slightly-stinging but no longer itching arm. Removal and cleanup revealed nothing but pink - raw skin. Not a trace of the MRSA remained anywhere except on the gauze. Fearing once again inadvertent start of the zombie apocalypse, I soaked the gauze in alcohol before dumping. The whole time, I marveled at my new, stinging-like-fresh-road-rash forearm.The hippies had something after all. I still don't forgive them for Kamboucha, but I stopped praying to pagan deities for pain and suffering to befall them for the rampant spread of it.In the meantime, if you have problems with microbes, I cannot recommend any product moreso than Manuka Honey, and this stuff was the real deal. 6 days of failure with a rigorous treatment regimen became overnight success with one application. I now view Manuka Honey with a wary eye, much like metam dodium - anything that dangerous to microbes should be treated with care. On that subject, for those with fungal or bacterial problems in sensitive areas, please re-read the part about stinging and heed it as a warning/suggestion that you use something else, if possible.