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If you answered "YES!" then have a closer look at this Honey - sourced from the Canterbury plains and southland giving you one of the best clover honeys produced (Click on the image to see a bigger picture of it).
Clean and fresh with the aroma of linen. a light golden smooth, delicate honey. Blue Borage is produced from the Blue Borage plant which has many small blue flowers. It is light amber in color and has a mild delicate flavor. Can be eaten from the spoon, used as a spread or added to cooking or hot drinks...
Vipers Bugloss ...
Also commonly known as "Borage", this wild flower covers the hills of the Central South Island in a sea of brilliant blue color during summer months. The seed, resembling a Viper's head, was once mistakenly used as a treatment for snakebite giving the plant its unusual name. Vipers Bugloss honey has a delicate flavor with a "chewy" texture. Hint: keep this in the refrigerator and you have a natural chewy snack for kids of all ages.
Vipers Bugloss honey is produced predominantly in the Marlborough and Otago provinces in New Zealand's South Island. Other areas do produce Vipers Bugloss from time to time, but are not the reliable producers of quality product that Marlborough and Otago provinces are.
The honey is a delicate flavor with a floral bouquet and being high in fructose is excellent as a drink sweetener, especially coffee where it imparts another flavor dimension. Vipers Bugloss is a close relative of Salvation Jane (Echium plantagineum), another well known honey plant from Australia.
The Vipers Bugloss plant (Echium vulgare) is also variously known as "Borage" and "Blue Borage" and this at times leads to considerable confusion when the culinary herb Blue Borage (Borago officinalis - see photo on left), is mistaken as the source of this honey. Some beekeepers and honey marketers also refer to Vipers Bugloss honey as "Borage" and "Blue Borage" honey with several products being marketed under these names in the New Zealand domestic market. At present none of these products are Borago officinalis honey.
In some years large quantities of Blue Borage (B. officinalis) is cultivated as a seed crop in Canterbury province, primarily for the extraction of Gama Linoleic Acid (GLA), and a surplus honey crop from this source can arise. It is not known if GLA is found in the honey from this source.
Vipers Bugloss on the other hand is not a cultivated plant but rather grows wild in arid areas with poor soils. When young, the plants are highly palatable to sheep and many high country farmers rotate their stock in time with the growth of Vipers Bugloss. Sometimes this is to the advantage of the beekeeper, at others not. Vipers Bugloss is a biannual and grows with a long root system making it drought resistant. It yields nectar at lower temperatures than clover and the resultant honey is often very dry with a chewy or tacky texture.
Color ...
The honey averages 25mm on the Pfund scale with a standard deviation of 9mm. It also darkens at a faster rate (double) than most other New Zealand honey and the color has a brown tint to it. The Pfund grader glass wedge is a "generic" honey hue. Vipers Bugloss honey is more brown that this generic color.
Sugar Profile ...
Vipers Bugloss is a slow crystallizing honey with a low (Glucose-Water)/Fructose ratio. It is a more reliable crop than Nodding Thistle (our other slow crystallizing, light colored honey) and so is sought after as a source of comb honey for the production of chunk honey. There are few honey types in the World that can reliably be used for chunk honey and Vipers Bugloss is one of them.
Crop Timing ...
Vipers Bugloss flowers from December to March and peaks dependent on available moisture. Rain during the flowering period can extend the flowering or start a heavier flowering if dry conditions have prevailed prior to rain.
Nutrition Information
| Items |
Qty per Serving |
Qty per 100g |
| Energy |
272kj(65Cal) |
1360kj(325Cal) |
| Protein |
Less than 1g |
Less than 1g |
| Fat,Total |
0g |
0g |
| Saturated |
0g |
0g |
| Carbohydrate |
16g |
80g |
| Sugars |
15g |
75g |
| Sodium |
Less than 5mg |
Less than 5mg |
Enjoy it on hot buttered toast!!
Please note that we unfortunately can not ship Honey to the following countries:
- Western Australia
We are selling this product in bulk as it is a more economical way of getting it to you. However if you would prefer to only order in single units please email me.
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