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Hi everyone...So I get a call from a customer who bought honey from me for the first time about 3 weeks ago. I had to assure her that my honey is 100% natural, which it is. It goes from the bees, to the extractor, and to the bottles...period. So anyways, I get a call that she is having a "reaction" to my honey. She says it's the same reaction she has if she uses Splenda or other artificial sweeteners, and wanted to know if I add sweeteners. Trying not to be totally offended, I explain...The bees make the honey, I extract, and bottle....period. She then explains she can eat the supermarket honey with no problem, to which I explain 70% of the stuff in the supermarket has never even seen a bee, and what has, has been so heavily filtered there is little natural pollen, etc. She then says that I mentioned that this honey was made during the mango and avocado bloom time, and she is allergic to only the skin of the mango. (She can eat mango, but somebody else has to peel it....) So she's thinking because of the mango nectar, that may be causing her problem. I explain that the bees do not revisit the mango trees once the bloom is over, so I wouldn't think that would be a problem. Help a girl out...anybody heard of such a thing? :scratch: Her symptoms after using the honey in her tea is the need to urinate frequently and urgently!
(Edited to add...we do not live on, or near enough to any mango farm to make it a significant part of the honey. Just some incidental trees in peoples yards, etc...I sell my honey as "wildflower" only. My regulars like to know what was in bloom during the making of the honey so they can try to pick out the different flavors.)
What say you? Ever heard of this? All input appreciated....Thanks!
(Edited to add...we do not live on, or near enough to any mango farm to make it a significant part of the honey. Just some incidental trees in peoples yards, etc...I sell my honey as "wildflower" only. My regulars like to know what was in bloom during the making of the honey so they can try to pick out the different flavors.)
What say you? Ever heard of this? All input appreciated....Thanks!