Frequently Asked Questions

No. We only produce unpasteurized honey with all the good stuff still inside. All our creamed and raw honey options are unpasteurized and unblended. Just as nature intended.

Unpasteurized honey is not pasteurized, filtered, or significantly processed, and as such, it retains all the vitamins, pollen, enzymes, and nutrients inside the honey. When it is first extracted it comes out as liquid but over time it will naturally crystallize into a solid honey.

Honey doesn't actually require any processing or pasteurization to be safe to eat and have an extremely long shelf life since it is naturally antibacterial and antimicrobial.

Please note: While unpasteurized honey has amazing health benefits, we do not recommend unpasteurized honey for infants younger than 1 year old due to a bacteria called Clostridium botulinum that can cause infant botulism and is sometimes found in honey, both unpasteurized and pasteurized. Once a child is 1 year old, their digestive system has matured enough to kill the bacteria. For more information, see here.

Most of the honey you find on the shelves of your local grocery store are typically pasteurized (heated at very high temperatures) or have undergone ultrafiltration to kill/remove everything inside the honey. This allows it to stay liquid forever but removes all the beneficial nutrients in honey. Many store-bought honeys are a blend of honeys from different countries. Our honey is unpasteurized, Canada No. 3 White grade honey (the highest designation possible for unfiltered honeys in Canada). It is taken right out of the hive, minimally strained to remove hive debris, and then packaged. It is pure, unblended, unheated, unprocessed honey. Like other unpasteurized honeys, it will solidify over time. However, our creamed honey is already allowed to crystallize as we stir it, so it will keep its soft and creamy texture forever!

Raw honey all over the world has unique flavour, colour, and texture due to the flowers that the bees collect nectar from.

Our honey comes from alfalfa, sweet clover, and prairie wildflowers.

The nectar from these flowers make a honey that is a light golden colour when liquid, and then solid white once it crystallizes.

Since we don't pasteurize the honey to keep it liquid, you are seeing the honey in its natural state.

Our honey is liquid when it first comes out of the hive, which is 35°C/95°F. Afterwards, it cools down and naturally crystallizes.

Most mass-market honey is a golden liquid colour on the shelf because they have taken honey from many sources, blended it together, and then heat-treated (pasteurized) the honey. This achieves three things:

(1) lowering costs by blending cheaper honey with some higher-quality honey,
(2) a consistent golden-yellow honey, and
(3) delays the crystallization process so the honey stays liquid on store shelves.

Unfortunately, this processing also strips away beneficial nutrition and flavour for the sake of consistency and cost.

We don't mess around with blending or heat-treating our honey, so you get high-quality honey as naturally as the bees intended!

Raw honey varies in texture based on the flowers that the bees collect nectar from.

Our bees collect nectar from alfalfa, sweet clover, and prairie wildflowers. Nectar from these flowers make honey that is very firm and hard when it crystallizes.

To address this, we apply a "creaming" process while the honey is crystallizing. It's not as fancy as it sounds - we simply stir the honey for a set period of time as it crystallizes.

This process controls the size of the crystals so that they become smaller and finer.

The result is honey that is pleasant to use, creamy and smooth on the tongue, while preserving the original nutrition and flavour profile of the honey.

Yes! You can eat it as is or you can re-liquefy the honey by putting the jar into a pot of warm (not boiling) water for a while.

Honey will last pretty much forever if stored properly, but for food safety regulations, we have to put a best-before date on the product. As such, we chose 5 years, but with the right storage conditions, it'll last so much longer than that!

Make sure that the lid is tightly closed when not in use, as honey likes to absorb odours and moisture. Avoid leaving it in overly hot locations. Honey can be stored at room temperature, but for long-term storage (more than 3 months), storing it in a cool room or in your freezer is the best way to preserve your honey if you have stocked up and you won't be eating it right away!

Our bees mainly forage on sweet clover, alfalfa, canola, and wildflowers.

All of our honey is harvested just north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and surrounding areas.

You can buy our honey caramels from our online shop right now. If you'd like to see them in your local store, please let them know.

Original:
Honey, Cream, Butter, Sunflower lecithin, Salt

Sea Salt:
Honey, Cream, Butter, Sunflower lecithin, Sea Salt

Each box contains 11-13 big pieces of our handmade chewy, creamy caramel! This bundle of 7 boxes will have approximately 84 pieces.

Once opened, consume within 2 weeks.

Unopened, consume within 4 months, or these can be stored in the freezer for up to 1 year.

All of our ingredients are gluten free and we don't store or process any gluten products in our facility, however we do not have gluten free certification at this time.

We are also free from any soy products or nuts, and our facility doesn't store or process any soy or nut products. However, our facility is not certified nut free so while it is very unlikely, it is possible that there can be exposure to nuts.

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