Raw Oak Honey

Our raw Oak tree honey comes from Arkadia in Peloponnese. Raw Oak tree honey is a honeydew honey.

Oak honey is a rich tasting tree honey with a deep earthy taste. It is very dark in colour, almost black; and is rich in antioxidant properties.

It has a variety of minerals including potassium, magnesium and iron and is ideal for combating anaemia, dysentery and chronic diarrhoea.

Oak honey has a very distinctive aroma and although Greece is very rich in oak forests, oak honey is considered a rare variety of honey.

The oak tree is a large deciduous tree which is part of the beech family. Bees love to feed on the sap that comes from the tree's acorns.

The bees collect a sweet nectar that the acorns weep in July and August and create a unique type of honey. It tends to be less sweet but is quite potent.

Oak Tree honey is less likely to set due to a relatively low glucose content and is ideal for people who do not like a very sweet tasting honey.

New Study

In a recent study by the Laboratory of Apiculture and Sericulture at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on the total phenolic content and antioxidant activity of nine types of mono floral honey (C. Tananaki et al., Applied Sciences, 2024, “The Total Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activity of Nine Mono floral Honey Types”, MDPI), samples of Greek mono floral honeys were compared with Manuka honey.

The results were revealing and confirmed that oak honey was found to have the highest phenolic content and the strongest antioxidant activity among all the samples, surpassing even the much-advertised Manuka honey.