Honey

As the market leader in NZ honey testing, with excellent support available during and after testing, Analytica can help you with all your honey testing needs. Analytica’s honey testing service provides fast and cost effective options for the high volume tests needed by beekeepers, manufacturers, and marketers. This includes testing required by MPI for Manuka honey. 

For those working with mānuka honey, we offer both the chemical marker and DNA based pollen tests proposed by MPI for mānuka honey. Analytica also offers other important tests used for grading such as ‘3-in-1’ (DHA, MG, and HMF), Leptosperin, Pollen Counting and Colour & Conductivity.  And our mānuka forecasting service can help you work out how your mānuka honey will change as it is stored.

General honey tests like Tutin and C4 sugars apply to all honey, and help meet regulatory requirements in NZ and overseas. Similarly, tests such as Glyphosate, Amitraz and Diastase are required by some international markets under the Codex Standard for Honey. Our American Foulbrood (AFB) test allows screening of honey to monitor hive health or ascertain whether a honey product will meet export requirements such as in markets like China. 

Microbiology testing is arranged for you by Analytica through our sister laboratories, Food Lab Pacific (FLP) and CAIQTEST (Pacific). Standard testing methodologies suitable to meet international standards such as CODEX are available as well as Chinese National (GB) methods required to meet export requirements for China. 

Analytica is actively involved in research, and development of new honey tests, so stay in touch to learn about these.

PRICING AND TURNAROUND TIME

All of Analytica's routine honey tests have a turnaround time (TAT) of less than a week, with many results available the next day.

Please contact Analytica for current pricing and TATs on 07 974 4740 or at info-analytica@alsglobal.com. We are always happy to help you get the most out of your testing.