Based out of Baltimore, Ohio, the website for Roger’s Honey shares an article from Food Safety News that feels like a real eye-opener. Per claims in the article, 75% of the honey in big-box retail stores is not verifiably made by bees. The claim has something to do with the removal of pollen during honey processing, which evidently is a hallmark of quality assurance.
Now, the article is controversial in news circles, but you can do your own digging around the internet. Or, you could just buy raw local honey, which seems like a fun solution to the dilemma. Roger’s has you covered.
Roger’s Honey started out as a beehive hobby project in 1980, one that has since blossomed (that’s a pun, because bees like flowers) into an impressive line-up of retail products ranging from traditional wildflower honey, to beeswax candles, soaps and honey jams.
And Roger’s also makes creamed honey. Officially and scientifically speaking, creamed honey has been “crystalized,” but not in that crunchy way that collects in the bottom of a honey jar. It’s still smooth, and also spreadable, more like a sticky butter that doesn’t drip off the side of your toast like regular honey. Roger’s offers up creamed honey in pure form (wildflower) and also fun flavors, such as chocolate, cinnamon and peanut butter.
Peanut butter would be the obvious choice here, right? It’s a curiously delicious mix. The honey dominates the blend, with its full-bodied sweetness – that’s a testimony to quality bee juice. The peanut butter gives the mix a little flavor depth that sticks with you.
Other products that demand further exploration include the aforementioned honey jams. While a traditional jam is made with sugar and fruit, Roger’s jams replace the sugar with honey in versions that include blackberry and peach.
How to acquire Roger’s Honey? There’s always the website, but it can be found at stops like Ohio Art Market in Westerville or, if you’re up for a little road trip for a ridiculously fun treasure hunt: try the Shoe Factory Antique Mall in Lancaster.
For more information, visit rogershoneyllc.com.