Characteristics of Chestnut Honey
Chestnut trees, which begin to bloom in early summer, in June and July, are a delicious food source for worker bees. When the flowers begin to bloom, worker bees enter a period of intense work. Honeybees nourish themselves with the pollen, nectar, and secretions they collect, while also facilitating pollination. Chestnut honey has physical properties that differ from other types of honey and can be distinguished visually. Briefly, its general physical properties can be summarized as follows: It has a distinctive aroma, combining sweet, bitter, and astringent flavors, and the chestnut flavor is strongly felt when eaten. Chestnut honey is dark brown in color and has a thick consistency. Because it is a thick, heavy-flowing honey, it has a high viscosity. Its pH is higher than that of flower honeys. It crystallizes more slowly than other honeys. Because its fructose content is higher than that of glucose, crystallization is slower. The granules formed as a result of crystallization are fine-structured and can be easily restored to their original state using a double-boiler. It contains twice the amount of iron compared to flower honey. It contains vitamins B and C, making it one of the honeys with the highest vitamin content. Other common names for chestnut honey are bitter honey or mad honey. The price of chestnut honey varies depending on whether it meets the above-mentioned specifications, undergoes quality control, and adheres to organic production principles. Honey that meets all these criteria is considered genuine chestnut honey. We can confidently choose honey that has received an organic farming certificate and whose analysis reports are available. Our Egriçayir organic chestnut honey is produced by our contracted beekeepers in the chestnut forests of the Black Sea region and is certified organic. It is filtered in its purest form without any heat treatment or pasteurization, and reaches your table from honey jars. You can find detailed analysis reports, ingredients, and the region where it was produced for our highest quality honey on our product page.
Benefits of Chestnut Honey
One of the most important characteristics of genuine honey is the presence of the enzyme proline. Chestnut honey also contains this enzyme and other components essential for high-quality honey. Its high content of iron (Fe), potassium (K), and vitamin C and B complex vitamins makes it extra rich compared to other honeys. This feature enhances the benefits of chestnut honey. One kilogram of nutrient-rich chestnut honey contains approximately 7.97 mg of iron, 0.44 mg of copper, and 4.85 grams of potassium.
Things to Know About the Use of Chestnut Honey
Our chestnut honey has a shelf life of 36 months. The recommended daily intake is one teaspoon, morning and evening. Do not exceed the recommended daily portion. Bee products can cause allergic reactions in people with severe allergies. It is recommended that those at risk of allergies avoid using it. It should not be given to children under 1 year of age. Do not purchase a product with a torn or opened package.
Good Honey, Genuine Honey
We know that you, like everyone else, are searching for good, genuine honey. We have been practicing traditional beekeeping on the Egriçayir Plateau, at an altitude of 2,500 meters, for 300 years. This region of the Taurus Mountains preserves its natural flora just as it did thousands of years ago. Our bees, which feed on the rich flora of the Taurus region, comprised of wild flowers, provide us with award-winning Organic Egriçayir Honey. Therefore, our most important difference is the region where our hives are located. Secondly, our family has been involved in beekeeping for 300 years, living in the Yörük culture, and has gained extensive beekeeping experience. All of our products are certified organic and have won numerous awards, including gold medals, at the world's most prestigious beekeeping competitions.
It's quite difficult to distinguish good honey from genuine, authentic honey using your own resources. Therefore, it's crucial to find honey from a producer you know and trust. You can visit us anytime in Egriçayir Plateau or Erdemli. We're always waiting.
Inspected Beekeeping Certificate and Our Controlled Production Process
We contribute to Turkish beekeeping with our beekeepers who hold the Inspected Beekeeping Certificate, bringing traceable, source-certified, genuine, and pure honey to your table with Egriçayir's 300 years of beekeeping experience and assurance.
Beekeeping is our way of life, our tradition. Protecting bees and nature is a prerequisite because we have lived with our families and shared our bread with them for centuries. We have succeeded in producing the best honey, extracting the world's best honey from Turkey. We pass this knowledge on to our beekeepers in our unique, florally rich plateaus and plains from every corner of Anatolia, meticulously inspecting them, monitoring every step, and confirming Egriçayir standards through analysis. We succeed in producing this unique honey with our "Inspected Beekeeping Certificate" beekeepers and in our approved apiaries.
With our qualified beekeepers holding the Egriçayir Inspected Beekeeping Certificate, we produce rare, unique, pure, and natural honeys in the fertile lands of Anatolia, at different altitudes where the season is right and spring arrives, and in our country's rich natural flora, with diverse plant and flower flora.
Inspection from the beekeeper to the jar, traceable and controlled production at every stage. With the assurance of Egriçayir, awarded the world's best honey. To find genuine honey, look to the source. When you try Egriçayir honey, you'll know you're getting genuine honey.
Inspection Process for Our Natural Organic Honeys
We manage a strict inspection and monitoring process for all the honey we produce, from the apiary, hive, and jar. This inspection and monitoring process is applied to both our organic and natural honeys. While the independent organic certification auditing agency participates in the inspection process for our organic honey, our natural honey, produced through controlled beekeeping, is inspected by our Egriçayir inspection teams.
All our organic and natural honeys, produced primarily in our Egriçayir Plateau, as well as across Turkey's vast geography, including plains, plateaus, and various altitudes, are produced, inspected, and packaged according to Egriçayir standards.
We conduct inspections at the production sites of our certified beekeepers, who meet Egriçayir standards, and then complete comprehensive analyses before delivering Egriçayir products to you.
We produce and inspect our natural and organic honeys with the same meticulous inspection process and the knowledge of our trained, controlled beekeepers, using the same meticulous expertise.
You can enjoy all our honeys, which are flawless and rare in terms of both their production processes and analysis results, with peace of mind.
We'd like to briefly tell you about Egriçayir.
Our hives are located in the Egriçayir region, where we were born, raised, and spent our childhood. The Egriçayir Plateau is approximately 110 km from the Erdemli district of Mersin. Due to the high altitude (approximately 2,500 meters), the flora in this region consists solely of wild wildflowers.
Thanks to this magnificent floral flora, we have won awards in all the competitions we have participated in abroad, and our organic flower honey was awarded a gold medal at Apimondia, the world's most prestigious beekeeping competition.
We are proud of the awards Kinalikuzu products have received, both as a family and on behalf of our country. We are delighted to be able to bring you this rare miracle, produced miles away at an altitude of 2,500 meters.
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