Gales Honey question

booter

A few months ago I managed to find a 454g jar of Gales honey at B&M at the bargain price of £1 (or thereabouts). I'm assuming it was that price because even though it was dated Aug 14, it had "granulated" (for want of a better word). The granulation doesn't bother me too much as I mostly use honey for baking/cooking (although sometimes it'd be nice to spread on toast )

Today I went to my local Nisa store, and lo and behold, found some more Gales honey (same size jars) which had granulated, in the YS section. They were dated July 14, but, they'd been priced at 50p each:j so, no brainer, I can use them!
So although pleased with my bargains, I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed granulated honey, if there's a reason for it, and if there's any way of "un-granulating" it for my toast (I've tried heating it but it's still quite bitty!)

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Meadows

If honey has lots of glucose compared to the amount of fructose, it granulates quickly, the amount of fructose and glucose in honey is totally dependent on what the nectar contained. Some plants produce nectar very high in glucose, while some plants produce nectar very high in fructose, most are in the middle.


I find that my honey starts out runny but ends up granulating even kept in a warm kitchen, but also cold can make it go granulated (much like my Seville marmalade kept which has gone form quite spreadable to granulated).


The honey you are buying could be down to glucose, age or how it has been kept. Just warm it up when you come to use it and it goes back to liquid again.

PLRFD

Next time you are in B&M try the Greek honey in the unusual shaped jar with the honeycomb in think it's £1:49 and lovely on toast.

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Gigervamp

Pop the jar in a bowl of warm water. That should do the trick.

booter

Thank you all for your comments and thank Meadows for the "science bit" . I just thought it was odd how honey from the same packer with similar bbe dates had gone granulated. (I was going to say manufacturer, but realised, that'd be the bees then :rotfl:) Actually, I did wonder if it was the result of a warm summer last year?!

This stuff is so granulated, it's almost solid in the jar, so I have to gouge chunks out - I've even bent spoons trying to get it out.:)Even warmed, it's still grainy!

Oh well, never mind - at that price, I can afford to lose a couple of spoons:rotfl:

THIRZAH

It's not just Gales honey that goes like that-the local honey from the farm shop does too.

Lilyplonk

Mine always goes like that after a while - don't use it very much so, in my instance, it's probably due to being opened and then allowed 'to stand' for ages. I just remove the lid and warm in the microwave for a few seconds to get it 'nice and runny' again.

On the other hand, if it's only for a 'hot toddy', the granulation just dissolves once the whisky, lemon and hot water get added to it and it gets a 'good stirring'.

VickyA_2

When I was a child, all the honey we had was granulated. I never realised you could have it any other way as we always bought it from a neighbour who kept bees. I still prefer the granulated stuff but warm the jar in a microwave if I need it runny!

Alton_Towers

I also just microwave it to restore it back to its runny state, obviously with the lid of the jar removed.