« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Creamed Honey Question  (Read 4327 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline brooksbeefarm

  • Gold Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 2566
  • Thanked: 89 times
  • Location: fair grove, mo.
Creamed Honey Question
« on: February 09, 2016, 11:05:17 am »
I have made some very good cream honey (i think anyway :yes:) i made one batch with powdered cinnamon and a touch of maple essential oil, ummmm. I was wondering if any of you have used extract flavorings like pecan, almond, raspberry,strawberry, ect., most extracts have alcohol in them and wonder if it will mix into the honey or prevent crystallization ??? Don't want to risk ruining good honey.Jack
Logged

Offline Perry

  • Global Moderator
  • Gold Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 7382
  • Thanked: 390 times
  • Gender: Male
    • Brandt's Bees
  • Location: Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia
Re: Creamed Honey Question
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2016, 12:53:57 pm »
Can't help you there buddy. Honey is too perfect to add anything to it. ;D
Logged
"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."      
Forum Supporter

Offline brooksbeefarm

  • Gold Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 2566
  • Thanked: 89 times
  • Location: fair grove, mo.
Re: Creamed Honey Question
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2016, 01:49:24 pm »
Yep, that's what i was thinking. I haven't sold any at the market, but i have people ask me for creamed honey and ask for flavors? So i thought maybe someone here had tried to flavor it?? Jack
Logged

Offline apisbees

  • Global Moderator
  • Gold Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 3723
  • Thanked: 331 times
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Vernon B.C.
Re: Creamed Honey Question
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2016, 04:00:58 pm »
One of the sons that owned the hive manufacturing business that I put back together perfected the process of specialty honey packs using fruits and honey. Before this the only commercial flavored honeys were cinnamon which is a fairly simple process. And honey mixes with artificial flavors.
He wanted to produce a natural fruit honey creamed mix. with 2 year of research and development along with trial and error, he finally  perfected the process.
There was a market for this product and he was shipping this specialty honey product to specialty and gift shops across Canada and into the United States. He was the first to import the hex jars in all the small sizes. At the time they were only being made in Mexico.
I will put together the story and processes and will post it. I do not know the exact percentages but I do know the process used and why.
Logged
Honey Judge, Beekeeping Display Coordinator, Armstrong Fair and Rodeo.

Offline Bakersdozen

  • Global Moderator
  • Gold Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 4578
  • Thanked: 489 times
  • Gender: Female
  • Location: Olathe, Kansas
Re: Creamed Honey Question
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2016, 09:14:46 am »
Quote from: Perry on February 09, 2016, 12:53:57 pm
Can't help you there buddy. Honey is too perfect to add anything to it. ;D

I have to agree with Perry.  I know plenty of honey producers that make creamed honey.  It is a good seller at farmer's markets.  When I volunteered to work the state beekeepers booth at the state fair it flew off the shelf.  We had about 9 different flavors.
It seems they use real fruits, nuts and flavors but in dehydrated powdered form.  I don't remember where they ordered the flavors from.  The crystallized "seed" was originally from a commercialized creamed honey product.  I'll see if I can figure out where they got the powders.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »