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What is raw honey?

What is raw honey? In plain and simple terms, raw honey is honey that has not been subject to any heat or processing that wouldn't normally occur in the beehive
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What is raw honey? Cold processed anb coarse filtered

Our honey is made by real bees in the UK. It's never heated above hive temperature. It's unpasteurised. It's cold filtered using coarse sieves. We believe the word raw is a helpful term when it comes to honey and that is why we proudly display the term across all of our runny honey products.

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WHAT IS 'RAW' UK HONEY?

Raw honey is a hugely popular but subjective term. To some it means honey that is straight from the hive, with minimal tampering, filtering or excessive processing. We used the term unpasteurised but we now use the term raw.

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IS ALL HONEY 'RAW'?

UK raw honey is a very subjective term and it could be argued that most honey produced by UK beekeepers is 'raw'. Cheap imported honey tends to be pasteurised, to improve shelf life, which reduces the health benefits of the honey.

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IS 'RAW' HONEY GOOD FOR YOU

Unprocessed honey retains numerous enzymes, minerals and antioxidants. We strive to keep our honey as natural as it can be. We use a coarse/cold filtering method and limit any heating to the temperature within the hive.

The Essence of Raw Honey - Straight from the Hive to You
RAW VERSUS PURE

Pure honey and 'raw' honey are used to describe the same thing - a honey that is unprocessed, coarse filtered and straight from the beehive. Our honey contains all of the natural enzymes that are present when the honey is in the beehive.

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WHERE TO BUY 'RAW' HONEY

Most of the products on the Black Mountain Honey website will indicate that the honey is raw. Where we have heated the product above the temperature of the hive to create a smooth soft set product, we do not use the term raw honey.

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What a beautiful product. The taste is like nothing I’ve tasted before. And the service is second to none. All in all a 5 star experience

Amanda Wright

Our pure honey is not only raw. But it is REAL.

We proudly use the term raw to sell our honey. We sell raw, pure, unpasteurised honey and offer an exclusive insight into our lives as actual beekeepers. You can watch the bees make the honey on our YouTube channel.

BUY OUR HONEY. WE PROMISE IT ISN'T RAW HONEY!

Pure, unpasteurised honey for sale

Black Mountain Honey is an award-winning, all natural, untreated, cold filtered, unpasteurised, Welsh wildflower honey. 

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Recently discovered Black Mountain Honey.  What a terrific find!  The Heather Blend is velvety in texture, sweet and flavoursome.  Will be back for more.

Nigel Fowler

Our ordering process is simple

We do our best to make things as simple as possible. From fast checkouts to Apple/Google Pay. We have you covered.

Easy Ordering

Our website is backed by WIX so it's super-fast and secure. We support fast checkouts with Google/Apple Pay to make ordering as simple as possible. We take all major credit/debit cards.

Fast Delivery

We work as hard as the bees to get your orders to you ASAP. Queens/Nucs are sent via Royal Mail’s Special Tracked Next Day Delivery and all other orders are sent via a Tracked 48hr service.

Customer Service

We don’t just deliver your bees and abandon you. We produce a wide range of videos to help you become a better beekeeper. We are always contactable by phone, email or WhatsApp.

Quality Products

Whether you want to buy queen bees or you are looking for nucs for sale, quality is everything to us. We don't cut corners! When you buy from us you get the very best honey money can buy. 

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