Honey Flavors
Honey is an organic, natural sugar alternative with no additives that is easy on the stomach, adapts to all cooking processes, and has an indefinite shelf-life. There are over 300 unique flavors of honey in the U.S., including the following:
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Honey Flavors
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| Acacia | Pale yellow with a delicate taste from China and California. |
| Alfalfa | Popular in Utah, Nevada and other Rocky Mountain states; mild, near-white, good body, good for table honey, often diluted with other honeys. |
| Alsike Clover | Often used for surplus honey in northern states; mild, light-colored, often mixed with honey from white clover. |
| Basswood or Linden | Extra-white, with a slight bite when pure, often mixed with clover honey. |
| Black Locust | Extra-white, high quality honey. |
| Black Mangrove | A Florida favorite, light with a thin body, slightly brackish taste. |
| Black Sage or Ball Sage | Best honey plant in California; distinctive flavor. |
| Blackberry | Reddish-brown or near-white in color; a bit more flavorful than clover honey. |
| Buckbush | Called Coralberry in the eastern U.S.; light-amber color with good flavor. |
| Buckwheat | Purple to black in color; pronounced flavor; prized by food manufacturers. |
| Catsclaw | Popular in the southwest U.S.; white in color. |
| Clover, Sweet | Clover yields massive amounts of nectar popular with beekeepers as a source; white in color and mild in flavor. |
| Clover, White | Most-used east of the Mississippi; color is white to extra-light amber with a mild, delicious flavor. |
| Cotton | Used mostly in Texas now; light in color with a mild flavor |
| Dandelion | Honey is yellow with a strong flavor. |
| Eucalyptus | Varies in color and flavor but is overall bold with a slightly medicinal aftertaste. |
| Fireweed | Light in color and mild in flavor. |
| Gallberry | A Southern U.S. favorite; light amber with a pleasant aromatic flavor; does not crystallize making it a good candidate for chunk honey. |
| Goldenrod | Popular in Northern U.S. and Eastern Canada; yellow with a rich flavor. |
| Horsemint | White to light-amber with a minty flavor; may have a strong odor |
| Maple | Light amber to slightly darker; good flavor. |
| Mesquite | Light amber to white; usually mixed with others. |
| Orange and Citrus | A major source; white in color, mild flavor with delicate citrus blossom aroma. |
| Raspberry | White with a delicious flavor. |
| Saw Palmetto | Often considered the best in Florida; rich yellow in color. |
| Sourwood | Considered the most delicious in the eastern states; water-white with a mild, delicious flavor; sold mostly as comb honey or chunk comb honey. |
| Spanish Needles | Golden yellow with a pronounced flavor; can be mixed with white clover honey to obtain a mild, golden-tinted honey. |
| Sumac | Light amber with an excellent flavor. |
| Sweet Pepper Bush | Light yellow with a mild flavor and aroma of the bloom; marketed under the scientific name of Clethra. |
| Tulip Poplar | Red-amber with good flavor. |
| Tupelo | Popular in Georgia and Florida; light amber with a mild flavor and heavy body, does not granulate. |
| Vetch | Water-white, mild; wide selection of flavors, colors, and textures. |
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