Australian honey is better than New Zealand honey

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Stakes raised in Australia-New Zealand rivalry over manuka honey as study finds ours is the best

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The stakes have been raised in the fight by Australian beekeepers to continue to use the name 'manuka', after a five-year study proved our medicinal honeys are equal to, or better than, New Zealand's. Manuka honey, favoured for its medicinal qualities, is produced from the nectar of different species of leptospermum plants, which are native to both Australia and New Zealand. The Agrifutures-Australia-funded joint project between the University of Technology in Sydney, the Sydney University and the University of the Sunshine Coast, tested more than 5,000 honey and 2,000 nectar samples from across the nation. It found that seven of more-than-80 Australian leptospermum species produce honey with exceptionally high levels of antibacterial activity, and many others produce honey with therapeutically-beneficial activity. "Our medicinal honey is as good as, or more active than, New Zealand medicinal honey — so New Zealand's got one species [leptospermum scoparium], we've got multiple [leptospermum] species, and some of our species are three or four times more active than New Zealand," USC Honey lab senior chemistry lecturer, Dr Peter Brooks, said.

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