About Our Honey

SummerGlow Apiaries are New Zealand beekeepers who specialize in producing top quality UMF Manuka Honey and in making this special honey available directly to those who could benefit from its unique healing qualities.

SummerGlow UMF16 Manuka Honey is special because:
1. Double Activity. It has both the special hydrogen peroxide antibacterial healing property and a very high level of the UMF antibacterial property.
2. Very High UMF Activity - guaranteed UMF16+.
3. Very high packing and handling standards from the hive to the honey pot.

Strict Quality Controls.

Strict Quality Controls are Used for SummerGlow UMF 16 Manuka Honey to ensure the honey is of the highest standard possible:

Careful Handling During Processing
SummerGlow UMF 16 Manuka Honey is handled with the greatest of care to retain all its natural goodness and purity. The hydrogen peroxide antibacterial property in honey can be easily destroyed by heating during the packing process. SummerGlow UMF 16 Manuka Honey is handled in a special way that ensures the hydrogen peroxide property is not damaged.

Dark amber plastic jar protects SummerGlow
SummerGlow UMF 16 Manuka Honey is protected as much as possible from the damaging effects of sunlight by dark amber plastic jars.

Top Quality Packing Plant.
SummerGlow UMF16 Manuka Honey is packed in New Zealand in a very high standard sterile plant, a standard far higher than usual foodgrade honey packing facilities.

Chilled Storage
The honey is stored chilled until sale to maintain the high quality of our honey.

Strict Testing Procedures
Every batch of SummerGlow UMF16 Manuka Honey is tested for antibacterial activity after packing guaranteeing it has a UMF rating of 16 or higher. The honey is also tested for antibacterial activity at least twice before it is packed.
The SummerGlow gold seal of quality applied to the white tamper-proof lid of the jar indicates the UMF rating of the honey - very high UMF16 - and that SummerGlow Apiaries are licensed users of the name UMF.

Intensive Hive Management

SummerGlow Apiaries run their hives intensively to ensure the production of manuka honey is as pure as possible, with as higher antibacterial quality as possible.
Our apiaries (beehives) strategically located near extensive areas of manuka bushes, the flowers of which produce the special nectar with the very high levels of UMF.

Totally Pure Natural Honey

SummerGlow UMF16 Manuka Honey is totally pure natural honey, it has nothing added. It can be enjoyed as a nice food to help enhance general health or it can be used for its unique healing qualities.
The attractive gold edged label on each jar of SummerGlow UMF16 Manuka honey features the photo of a bee busily gathering nectar from a manuka flower.

What Is The Honey Like?

Golden Smooth Granulation.
SummerGlow UMF16 Manuka Honey is a light golden honey. It is specially handled to ensure it has a fine silky-smooth granulation. Granulation is a natural process of honey - to remain runny honey would have to be subjected to high heat and finely filtered. (But high heating destroys the hydrogen peroxide activity).
Some honeys set to a very hard granulation; some honeys have a very coarse granulation. Manuka honey is a softer granulating honey.
SummerGlow UMF16 Manuka Honey has been specially handled to ensure it has a silky-smooth granulation and all the natural goodness of the honey is retained.

Herbal Flavour
It tastes great! Our honey is a light golden honey with the unique herbal manuka flavour.

Try it Melted
SummerGlow UMF 16 Manuka Honey can be enjoyed and used as it is straight from the jar. It is also delicious after gently melting to remove the granulation. Heat gently (not above 37' which is the temperature inside the beehive) for as shorter time as possible. Be sure to stir the honey so that the heat passes into the centre core.
A few days after cooling the honey becomes a very soft jelly which is characteristic of thixatropic honey. The honey has a delicious smooth soft caramel flavour.

History Of Therapeutic Use Of SummerGlow UMF16 Manuka Honey

Since 1995 many people worldwide have benefited from using SummerGlow UMF16 Manuka Honey for a wide variety of therapeutic uses.

When the news came out in 1991 from The University of Waikato about the properties of UMF Manuka Honey we concentrated our efforts into the production of this exciting and unique honey. This involved establishing different hive management practices to ensure that our manuka honey is as pure as possible and not mixed with other honeys.

In 1995, after realising how little is really known about UMF Manuka Honey and that very little was being done to promote this special honey, we set out to inform people of its natural properties so that those with a need can benefit from it.

Our aim is to provide information and to make it clear that this property is not found in all manuka honey as has been commonly thought. Knowing this, people will be better informed when purchasing the honey.

In 1995 we established the very first website about manuka honey. Seven years ago our website was one of just two honey websites worldwide, now there are dozens.

We send our SummerGlow UMF16 Manuka Honey to people all around the world.