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Australia’s biggest listed honey company and some major supermarket chains face accusations of selling fake honey, with Beechworth Honey’s Jodie Goldsworthy saying it’s time to speak up about honey frauds. Testing at a leading lab that specialises in honey fraud detection found almost half the samples selected from supermarket shelves was “adulterated”. Experts say adulterated honey was generally bulked up with rice syrup and beet syrup and other substances, which aren’t detected by official honey tests. Capilano’s Allowrie branded Mixed Blossom Honey, markets itself as 100 per cent honey, showed up as “adulterated” in the majority of samples tested. |
