Comment on Nine in ten honey samples from UK retailers fail authenticity test

• Noodle07@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Much cheaper but doesn’t help my throat when sick

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  • frazorth@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    From TFA, if you aren’t buying local then you aren’t buying honey anyway.

    Might as well buy a sweet to suck on.

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    • Noodle07@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah I do buy local

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      • frazorth@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        The statements were

        Buy local

        or don’t buy honey

        If you are buying local then you’ve already satisfied the first half of the OR. It’s an option, if you aren’t prepared to buy local then don’t buy but also not buying honey at all is an option instead of buying honey.

        Buying non-local mass produced honey is not an option, and won’t help you with a sore throat any more than sucking on a sweet will, and you aren’t likely to be buying honey anyway.

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• Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They are making it anyway and supporting bees is good for the world.

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  • Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s a little more complicated than that unfortunately. Supporting bees is much more than just supporting honey bees.

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