At the time Australia’s largest manuka honey producer, Hive & Wellness Australia Pty Ltd, launched an attack on New Zealand manuka honey – as detailed in Capilano Trash Talks New Zealand Manuka – the company was marketing three manuka honey products as “UMF certified”. It still does.

Two beekeepers who were among the group of six who first sat around a table and coined the association that is now UMF share their thoughts

Mānuka honey pioneer Phil Caskey shares his vision for a better UMF™ brand and a better mānuka honey industry...

A recent survey of UMF™ branded mānuka honey in China and Singapore by UMFHA returned what has been described as “an alarming number of...

As the mānuka honey price pinch tightens, 26 now former the UMFHA licence holders have had their ability to use the UMF brand revoked...

A short history of the various rating systems for mānuka honey: TA / NPA / UMF / MGO / MG / MGS / AAH / Pollen Percentage / KFactor / MQS.

A recent misstep from a UMFHA member which allowed Japanese filling of honey bags brings the Association’s rules under scrutiny...

Why did 100% Pure New Zealand Honey provide honey to an offshore packer and then allow them to use the UMF brandmark on that product?