| Abstract: |
The United States imports about 70 percent of the honey we consume. Not all of it is legally or ethically sourced, and that's a problem," says Steve Taormina, business unit manager for NSF International's Consumer Values Verified Program. To combat this problem NSF International has created a certification program to identify authentic honey, the True Source Honey certification. Unfortunately, there's no way for consumers to tell if honey is counterfeit simply by sight or taste. Fake honey is created when real honey is mixed with other substances like high fructose corn syrup, rice syrup or artificial sweeteners. |
