Australian Native Leptospermum Spp. Honey Has Potential to Surpass New Zealand’s Manuka Honey for Both Activity and Scale

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Australia is home to 85 of the world’s 87 leptospermum species. (Photo: Sunshine Coast University)

Australian native leptospermum spp. honey has the potential to surpass New Zealand’s Manuka honey for both activity and scale.

Australia is the homeland of leptospermum with 84 of the world’s 87 species/

But in Queensland, University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) PhD researcher Simon Williams says the testing shows not all Aussie Leptospermum are equal.

Some have been found not to have the precursor compound dihydroxyacetone in their nectar while others are more active than leptospermum scoparium.

Manuka honey derived from New Zealand’s sole leptospermum tree, leptospermum scoparium is the gold standard in medicinal honey.

Scientists in the USC honey research laboratory have been working on understanding Australian leptospermum honeys for the last seven years.

They have found Australian honeys are comparable or better than New Zealand’s Manuka honey.

“Every state has bioactivity, but it has very large range, which is one of the complications in Australia,” Williams says...