Thread of better quality food options (UK)

[Jayvee]

Manuka Health MGO400+ Manuka Honey- Propolis, 15 Lozenges

These delicious soothing drops combine the goodness of premium New Zealand Manuka honey with the fresh natural flavours including the natural protecting power of Propolis and the added boost of Vitamin C. Made with our high grade MGO™ 400+ Manuka Honey, certified for natural methylglyoxal...

www.revital.co.uk

I recently discovered Honey drops. I slightly prefer the ingredients for manuka doctor ones and they are cheaper, the 'MGO' content is lower but I personally dont really find manuka honey benefits to be obvious anyway....

Manuka Honey Nuggets

Made with 100 MGO Manuka Honey Delicious Manuka Honey sweets 120g Description Manuka Honey is harvested exclusively in New Zealand from the native manuka bush (Leptospermum Scoparium) and has a strong flavour with caramel undertones. No artificial colours, flavourings or preservatives. Suitable...

www.manukadoctor.co.uk

Well worth a try for comparison. These are in H&B (it's the only thing in there I find good/clean).

 

[Peatness]

I recently discovered Honey drops. I slightly prefer the ingredients for manuka doctor ones and they are cheaper, the 'MGO' content is lower but I personally dont really find manuka honey benefits to be obvious anyway....

Manuka Honey Nuggets

Made with 100 MGO Manuka Honey Delicious Manuka Honey sweets 120g Description Manuka Honey is harvested exclusively in New Zealand from the native manuka bush (Leptospermum Scoparium) and has a strong flavour with caramel undertones. No artificial colours, flavourings or preservatives. Suitable...

www.manukadoctor.co.uk

Well worth a try for comparison. These are in H&B (it's the only thing in there I find good/clean).

Thanks. Do you know what the glucose syrup in these is made from - is it corn?

 

[Samya]

They're coming for our milk, this is war!

Four pints of milk to increase by 50% from £1.15 to £1.70

The cost of four pints of milk will rise from around £1.15 to between £1.60 and £1.70, according to the UK's leading adviser to dairy farmers Kite Consulting.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Time to start looking at getting a goat?

 

[Sefton10]

They're coming for our milk, this is war!

Four pints of milk to increase by 50% from £1.15 to £1.70

The cost of four pints of milk will rise from around £1.15 to between £1.60 and £1.70, according to the UK's leading adviser to dairy farmers Kite Consulting.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Time to start looking at getting a goat?

I think this might be part of why Ray has been pro-oatmeal and lower protein lately. The price of high quality animal foods and things like organic fruit is going to take a hammering. It’s going to be prudent to have a cheap staple that you do well on and can provide a bulk of calories. Then fill in nutrition with things like eggs, liver, oysters.

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

I think this might be part of why Ray has been pro-oatmeal and lower protein lately. The price of high quality animal foods and things like organic fruit is going to take a hammering. It’s going to be prudent to have a cheap staple that you do well on and can provide a bulk of calories. Then fill in nutrition with things like eggs, liver, oysters.

That’s a good point.

 

[Samya]

I've been looking into raw and pasteurised honey recently and noticed that none of the honey I've bought in UK supermarkets says it's pasteurised. I then found that in the UK no product can be called honey if it is pasteurised, as the temperatures necessary destroy enzymes which have to be present for it to be lawfully sold as honey. It seems most manufacturers do heat their honey but just enough to filter and bottle it.

I think it's good to support local beekeepers over supermerkets, still it's good to know that anything sold as honey in the UK should have some of the beneficial enzymes intact. As supermarket honey goes, the 'groovy food' organic honeys from Mexico are quite nice, the Acacia honey dissolves easily with minimal heat and the wildflower has a very rich/smoky flavour. I tried a regular honey from the co-op and in contrast it tasted nasty, the difference was huge.

I noticed when having honey recently that it really opens up my breathing, I can see why it can help with asthma and coughs. One night I started to get a tickly cough as I was trying to fall asleep, then let some honey roll down my throat and fell asleep easily.

 

[Peatness]

This is good to know, thank you @Samya .

 

[incrp]

Talking with a local beekeeper (who sells me whole frames with the comb complete) that a local well known national honey supplier gets all it's foreign honey in 45 gallon drums which have to be heated to get the honey out, he thinks beyond the safe temperature to preserve enzymes. Most areas of the UK have beekeepers it should be easy to find a local supplier. My local garage and butcher sell local honey.

 

[Samya]

Talking with a local beekeeper (who sells me whole frames with the comb complete) that a local well known national honey supplier gets all it's foreign honey in 45 gallon drums which have to be heated to get the honey out, he thinks beyond the safe temperature to preserve enzymes. Most areas of the UK have beekeepers it should be easy to find a local supplier. My local garage and butcher sell local honey.

Yes every manufacturer I looked into does somewhat heat their honey to process it, and could technically heat it close pasteurisation temps. I doubt it would need to be that high as honey melts easily but who knows. If you want it as the bees make it, best to get it from a bee keeper that can tell you exactly how they treat the honey.

I'm curious do you eat the honeycomb or use the wax for other things? I tried it once and when the honey was swallowed it was strange chewing on wax, but I do wonder if there's benefits to eating the comb whole.

 

[incrp]

I just cut a piece of comb from the frame and chew it then spit out the ball of wax. Being complete it is obviously not filtered so has bits of wing and legs in it.

 

[GodsHound]

This juice is good, always sweet.

Tesco and Sainsburys both do Lamb's liver for really cheap, it's good quality and tastes very mild.

 

[Herbie]

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This juice is good, always sweet.

Tesco and Sainsburys both do Lamb's liver for really cheap, it's good quality and tastes very mild.

Yeah I can vouch for this brand, I used to get that one or the Waitrose brand one.

The innocent brand OJ is the best, I tried the lot.

Waitrose grape juice is the best.

 

[golder]

Yeah I can vouch for this brand, I used to get that one or the Waitrose brand one.

The innocent brand OJ is the best, I tried the lot.

Waitrose grape juice is the best.

The innocent brand OJ is terrible. I tried the lot. The only thing that i found worse was Tropicana. Funny how everyone has different tastes!

 

[Peatness]

The innocent brand OJ is terrible. I tried the lot. The only thing that i found worse was Tropicana. Funny how everyone has different tastes!

I agree. Tropicana is awful. M&S orange juice is better

 

[golder]

I agree. Tropicana is awful. M&S orange juice is better

Agreed.
M&S, Sainsbury's Taste the Different range and Waitrose are my faves of the 20+ I’ve tried.

 

[GodsHound]

I'm still yet to find a supermarket brand of OJ that actually tastes sweet. I juiced some good oranges myself recently and it's like 'oh, I've tasted OJ this good maybe 5 or so times in my life'. OJ can be so good it's incomparable to anything found in the supermarket. Some cafes still do nice freshly juiced but it's expensive.

 

[Samya]

The only decent OJs I've found are the freshly squeezed unpasteurised juices like M&S, Waitrose #1, Tesco finest. I tried Waitrose's regular fresh OJ and it was like orange squash in comparison. Co-op's is 'gently pasteurised' and still tastes good though. Sweetness is hit or miss but rarely have one that's too sour.

 

[Jayvee]

Daylesford grape juice from ocado if you can afford it or if you want to treat yourself. Comes in glass bottles too which is nice. It is the only good juice I have been able to get in the uk and that's including homemade orange juices. I have seen a website where you can buy oranges directly from farmers in Valencia but I dont have space to store massive amounts of oranges.

 

[Herbie]

The innocent brand OJ is terrible. I tried the lot. The only thing that i found worse was Tropicana. Funny how everyone has different tastes!

What one do you like the most?

 

[Lizb]

Organic Orchard Juice Co. Orange Juice in Glass | Drinks | Milk & More

www.milkandmore.co.uk

I enjoy this OJ. Delivered by the milkman.