Benefits and Nutritional Value

Well known and loved by food lovers for its delicate aroma, honey also has significant nutritional value. On one hand, it contains fewer calories than other syrups and sugars on the market with only 65 calories per tablespoon.

On the other, honey contains magnesium, zinc, potassium, manganese and riboflavin. It also has antiseptic and antibacterial properties and helps aid digestion.

Renowned for centuries for its great taste but also for its therapeutic properties, honey was used by our ancestors as an antiseptic to fight infections and to speed the healing of wounds. Today, a number of studies support these practices, so much so in fact that some hospitals use honey in postoperative healing. Watch our video on the science of apitherapy.

Honey is also used in the manufacture of a number of beauty products. Honey is believed to have antiwrinkle properties and the ability to refine skin’s texture and tighten its pores.