Medihoney Gel Sheets Now Here

The new Medihoney Gel Sheets are now available to you.

These give you medical grade, sterilised antibacterial honey in a sheet of 'gel' form. Use them as a wound dressing, for wounds or leg ulcers.

Medihoney™ Gel Sheet is a sterile, non-adherent wound dressing comprising Medihoney™ Antibacterial Honey(80% w/w) and Sodium Alginate for wound care (20% w/w). They are for use on mild to moderately exudating wounds.

You can cut them into smaller pieces for smaller wounds, or use two side by side to cover a larger area.

Simply use another sterile dressing of bandaging over top to hold it in place.

They provide another option to the Apinate manuka honey dressings which are thicker and more 'heavy duty'.

Now in stock for you to order in 5cm x 5cm size, with each box containing 10 gel sheets.

Oncology Dietitians

Today the British Dietetic Association Oncology Group held a study day in London around head and neck cancer.

We were invited along to have a stand providing information on manuka honey to the attending dieticians.

Talking to them, many already had quite a few patients who were taking manuka honey. They were keen to learn more between taking it internally and the specialist medical wound products for external use.

Being professionals they were also quite interested to know about the research side of things, and what supporting research and clinical trials had been done.

There is highlights of and links to some of research on our website in the manuka honey information section.

However we do also hold quite an extensive reference list of many of the studies that have been made around the world.

If you are a professional in the medical field and would like to know more about UMF® manuka honey, then please feel free to get in touch with us and ask any questions you have. You can do so via email from our website, or could make use of the forum there to ask as well. The research reference list can be provided on request.

New Candles now available

We've now added a wonderful new range of scented candles. They're in stock and available to you now.

Our physical shop, that was smelling good with all the honey already, now smells extra wonderful. If you're passing Southfields then stop by just to treat your nose.

So what are we doing stocking candles? Well there is a match with our honey theme in that several of them are manuka honey scented candles. And they are quality handcrafted candles from New Zealand, with unique iconic New Zealand scents. For example the fragrance of Pohutukawa, known as the New Zealand christmas tree for its bright red flowers at that time of year. Or kiwifruit, or the fresh forest smells from the Ponga - New Zealand's native silver fern.

There is also some very practical candles we're excited to offer you. The decongestion candle and rub is very unique in that you can first burn it, and allow the eucalyptus, lemon and honey scent to help you congested nose, and then afterwards once it has started to cool you can rub the natural wax on your chest - continuing the decongestion benefits.

Pleasure your nose (or help it if it is blocked). Take a look at these new candles here.

Comvita Olive Leaf Complex here

Although we've actually had it in our physical shop for a while, we're please to say we've now added the Comvita Olive Leaf Complex to The New Zealand Honey Shop website, so that everyone in the UK can order it.

OK, so we admit this is a little concession to Australia, where the olive leaf plantation for this is. And we are a 'New Zealand Honey Shop'. However as we do specialise in the Comvita range, and simple this is a very good product for you, it was an easy choice to add it to our website.

Comvita Olive Leaf Extract is special in that it is made from only fresh olive leaves, picked at dawn each day and quickly processed to retain all their natural goodness. No old dried, drivelled up leaves used here.

The result is an extract that contains more than 30 times the polyphenolic antioxidant activity of an equivalent amount of extra virgin olive oil, and with only natural high levels of oleuropein.

Comvita® Olive Leaf Complex does not contain any olive leaf extract powders or artificially boosted oleuropein products.

If you are wanting to stock up ahead of winter, then we offer you a '6 pack' of 6 x 500ml bottles too.

For those who may not like its taste, it also comes in peppermint flavour.

Honey Bee Hero - help save the bees

You may or may not know that in the past couple of years, around the world but particularly in the USA and Europe, honey bees have been suffering from massive loss in numbers. This is not just about honey, it is a serious problem that could easily affect everyone if not addressed. The bees' work as natural pollinators is still very vital for a lot of the food we all rely on, as well as maintaining the wider diversity of plants on the planet.

While there are some people taking good steps to help where they can in simple things like keeping a variety of flowers in their garden for bees to visit, and more people are starting to keep hives in urban areas, more still needs to be done.

In the UK, an 8 year old is doing their part to try and get British politicians to treat the issue more seriously.

They have set up their own blog, Honey Bee Hero, to gain support to show to their MP (Member of Parliament).

You can visit the blog here to add your support: http://honeybeehero.blogspot.com

Comvita Broccoli Extract Now Available

For all of you who struggle to eat your greens, we now have our first stock of the new Comvita Broccoli Extract.

Yes, broccoli in a pill, kind of. Capsules of broccoli extract taken from seeds that provides a guaranteed level of Glucoraphanin, a powerful antioxidant that kick starts your body's own defence system.

OK, so what are we doing stocking a non-honey, non-bee product? Well, it fits two main criteria, being a quality new product that is good for you, and as we are specialists in the Comvita range of honeys, we continue offering you their full range of natural health products.

Comvita Broccoli Extract coming soon

For all of you who have struggled to eat your greens, but realise that they actually do contain things that are good for you, we're about to have a great new product for you - broccoli extract.

Comvita Broccoli Extract gives you a guaranteed level of Glucoraphanin, one of the important good things in broccoli - equivalent up to an average half-head of fresh broccoli.

This antioxidant booster will be able to last for up to 72 hours.

And with the use of vegicaps, it will be suitable for vegetarians too.

More information to follow once we have this new product in stock.