Honey guides, with the source attached
8 guides and two pillars. No number appears in any of them unless we opened the page it came from ourselves, linked it, and recorded the date. We sell food. Nothing on this site is health advice.
Last checked 16 September 2026against UMFHA and producers' own pagesThe two pillars
UMF™ grades explained: what the number on a mānuka jar measures
UMFHA's own grade table — the minimum MGO, leptosperin and DHA behind UMF™ 5+ to 25+ — with the source, the date we checked it, and why MGO doesn't convert to UMF.
ReadPillarBest mānuka honey NZ: what five brands charge, per 100 g
Five UMF™-licensed mānuka brands, priced in New Zealand dollars from their own shops on one day, with UMF licence numbers and price per 100 g at each grade.
ReadEverything else
How to check a jar of mānuka honey is what it says it is
Read the licence number, look the brand up on UMFHA's own list, and know the difference between a UMF™ grade and an MGO number. Four checks you can do in a shop.
ReadGuideTypes of New Zealand honey, described by the people who sell them
Clover, rewarewa, kāmahi, pōhutukawa, thyme, rātā, blue borage, tāwari and bush honey — what named New Zealand producers say about each, with prices and links.
ReadGuideUMF vs MGO: two labels, two different claims
UMF™ is four tests and a licence; MGO is one measurement. UMFHA says they don't convert. What each label means, and why a jar might carry one, the other or both.
ReadGuideWhy is mānuka honey so expensive in New Zealand?
Same grade, five brands, five very different prices. What we can show from dated NZ price data, and the parts of the cost story we could not source and left out.
ReadGuideIs a higher UMF™ worth paying for?
What you get for a higher UMF™ grade, in the only terms we're allowed to use: minimum MGO, leptosperin and DHA, and price per 100 g from real NZ shops.
ReadGuideMānuka honey gifts in New Zealand, without the supplement aisle
How to send New Zealand honey as a gift: what to look for, what a gift pack should and shouldn't contain, and what it costs from producers' own shops today.
ReadGuideThe New Zealand government's mānuka definition, and what we can and can't tell you about it
New Zealand has a government test that decides whether honey can be sold as mānuka, and whether it's monofloral or multifloral. Here's what's checkable, and what we couldn't open.
ReadGuideWhy honey crystallises, and why it isn't a fault
Set, grainy or solid honey is normal — it's the same honey. What creamed honey actually is, how New Zealand producers sell it, and how to store a jar.
ReadThe shop isn't open yet. Want to know when it is?
One email when the first producers are on the shelf, and nothing else. In the meantime, the NZ-dollar price table shows what five licensed brands charge, per 100 g.
We sell food. Nothing on this site is health advice.