The Unique Mānuka Factor Honey Association- UMFHA
Comvita and Onuku Manuka Honey
UMF™ is the only quality and rating system that independently certifies the presence and quality of all factors that make New Zealand mānuka honey unique, ensuring you get honey that meets your needs. Check for the UMF™ quality mark on the front of the jar when choosing your mānuka honey.
The UMFHA https://www.umf.org.nz/ independently tests and certifies every batch from our 150+ members for four key factors that make the all-important UMF™ rating found on every jar of authentic mānuka honey. With the UMF™ rating, you can confidently choose the right option for you when investing in your health and wellness.
The UMF grading system has two components which are expressed on any UMF honey product.
LABEL
1) The label claim that it is genuine Mānuka Honey
NUMBER
2) This represents the unique signature compounds characteristic of this honey which ensure purity and quality. These include: the key markers of Leptospermum DHA and Methylglyoxal
Since 1974, Comvita® has been sharing the wonders of pure New Zealand Mānuka Honey with the world. Treading lightly on the land, we have a vision of a world where bees and nature thrive together in harmony.
How Mānuka Honey is made?
Native of New Zealand in its natural setting, mānuka flowers ( Leptospermum scoparium ) prolifically and from an early age, with seedlings as small as 5cm producing flowers and setting seed. Flowering season is relatively short, usually 6 to 12 weeks (and often less) between September and March.
Mānuka Honey is made by bees from the nectar collected from Mānuka flowers. Bees remove most of the water from nectar and add enzymes that change the nectar’s sugar composition and create acids in the honey that they produce. These acids contribute special properties.
Onuku Honey are proud to be 100% Māori and owned by the Onuku Māori Lands Trust. The OMLT owns and administers 240 hectares of prime farmland in Rerewhakaaitu at the base of Mt Tarawera with 50% of profits going to whanau (family) and 50% reinvested into the Trust.