Honey from Poland -label

[thomas_20082]

Hi everyone

Together with my friend I'm going to sell Polish natural honey in the UK. We made our own labels and we do not know which who organization should we show all labels to be approved for sale in the UK. I know what should be on the label but I would like to be sure for 100% - it's fee up to 5000 GBP if something is wrong.

Can somebody tell me who is responsible for correct label in UK ?

 

[businessfunding]

You want to be careful in the imported honey market - a lot of people have been stung.

I'll get my coat:redface:

 

Speak to your local Business Link, and they'll put you in touch with whoever you need. I'd say it's probably a little more than just the label that will need authorisation, but they'll know for definite.

 

[Banned]

"Honey"
"Produce of the EU" or "Poland"
Best Before
Weight in grams, you can add pounds and ounces as well if you wish.

That's it providing it's natural honey with nothing added.

 

[Morraine]

http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/honeyguidance.pdf

Read this, i think you may have to test it as well but there is a contact number at the bottom to speak to some one about it.

 

[Cobby]

Hi everyone

Together with my friend I'm going to sell Polish natural honey in the UK. We made our own labels and we do not know which who organization should we show all labels to be approved for sale in the UK. I know what should be on the label but I would like to be sure for 100% - it's fee up to 5000 GBP if something is wrong.

Can somebody tell me who is responsible for correct label in UK ?

This country has honeys from perceived 'gourmet' countries such as Spain and Italy, the terribly expensive manuka honey from New Zealand and of course lots of local honey varieties. Honey in general has gotten more expensive in recent years too.

May I ask what your selling point is?

I wish you the best of luck and hope you get a sweet taste of success... ;]

 

[thomas_20082]

This country has honeys from perceived 'gourmet' countries such as Spain and Italy, the terribly expensive manuka honey from New Zealand and of course lots of local honey varieties. Honey in general has gotten more expensive in recent years too.

May I ask what your selling point is?

I wish you the best of luck and hope you get a sweet taste of success... ;]

And so what ? It's no matter. Look around - how many shops with clothes do you have in england, how many chips and fish shops, etc. ? You can't think in this way because you will never start. What you need is a determination, hard work and a little luck

Thank you all for answers - I have made a phone call to local Council and they put me through to person I needed.

 

[Cobby]

And so what ? It's no matter. Look around - how many shops with clothes do you have in england, how many chips and fish shops, etc. ? You can't think in this way because you will never start. What you need is a determination, hard work and a little luck

Don't take it personally, I was just asking what your selling point for Polish honey is, what markets you are aiming for etc.

Pardon me for being curious!

 

[thomas_20082]

It's ok - this time I won't break your legs

We are thinking to set up online shop, towns market ( every sunday I think), car boot sales, shops with organic food, friends, neighbours and we will see.

I need to say that we are talking about natural honey of 1 kg jars for 17 pounds.

 

[vvaannmmaann]

£17 per kilo and you hope to sell at car boot sales where people haggle over 20p glass vases?
Good luck with that.

 

[thomas_20082]

you are right- I am not going even try to sell that honey. I will spend all day surfing on the internet

 

[Cobby]

We are thinking to set up online shop, towns market ( every sunday I think), car boot sales, shops with organic food, friends, neighbours and we will see.

I need to say that we are talking about natural honey of 1 kg jars for 17 pounds.

Local honeys at car boot sales tend to go for about £4-£6 for 1lb (~500g), so maybe £12/kilo. What is your selling point to be aiming at the £17/kilo price point?

Are you saying Polish honey is nicer? Does it have any health benefits or anything? Would love to know a bit more about your Polish honey.

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[thomas_20082]

I do not want to argue. Time will show.

 

[Cobby]

I do not want to argue. Time will show.

Nobody's arguing, calm down. I'm asking about what you're offering. I hope that's not how you treat everyone that asks, because you won't be in business for very long.

 

[mobyme]

It's ok - this time I won't break your legs

We are thinking to set up online shop, towns market ( every sunday I think), car boot sales, shops with organic food, friends, neighbours and we will see.

I need to say that we are talking about natural honey of 1 kg jars for 17 pounds.

I think if the honey is organic you should do very well. Organic Greek honey sells very well at considerably more than that.

 

[Talay]

£17 per kilo and you hope to sell at car boot sales where people haggle over 20p glass vases?
Good luck with that.

I like honey, I've also got a few Polish friends and their descendants and by and large, their national food is crap. In fact, most of the Polish people I know think their food is crap. So starting from a slight negative, how on earth someone is going to get me to part with £17 for a huge 1kg of Polish honey I do not know.

Break it down into much smaller sizes, offering multiple flavours as trial sizes or boxed sets of 5 flavours and I start to see the product and believe in it a little more. Just chucking huge jars of an expensive and unknown product at me won't win a sale.

 

[Raw Rob]

We sell high quality Spanish honey at £14.99 per kilo for certified organic and £11.95 for organic but not certified. And this is very special honey, our customers love it. So for £17 per kilo, you're going to have something very special. If it is, and you can give customers a taster at the markets, you might be able to sell it at that price, but will be hard...

 

[J-Wholesale]

I love honey, but I'd never buy honey in jars - it's just too messy. Unless it comes in a plastic squeezable bottle, I won't buy it. Seriously, until ketchup style jars came out, I never bought honey, and it's the reason I never buy it at farmer's markets, even though I'd like to.

 

[Cobby]

I love honey, but I'd never buy honey in jars - it's just too messy. Unless it comes in a plastic squeezable bottle, I won't buy it. Seriously, until ketchup style jars came out, I never bought honey, and it's the reason I never buy it at farmer's markets, even though I'd like to.

And that's a shame because the best honeys aren't found in squeezy bottles.

 

[J-Wholesale]

And that's a shame because the best honeys aren't found in squeezy bottles.

I know. But try putting a jar of honey on a breakfast table with young kids - the cleanup is not pleasant. And here's the thing: I know I'm not alone in hating the mess that honey in jars leads to, which means there's an opportunity right there that a honey seller can take advantage of. The plastic bottle as opposed to the glass jar is a delivery mechanism, nothing more. Honey should be used and consumed, not started at on a shelf in a fancy jar because of the mess the kids (or me) might make.

My 2 cents.

 

[Cobby]

I know. But try putting a jar of honey on a breakfast table with young kids - the cleanup is not pleasant. And here's the thing: I know I'm not alone in hating the mess that honey in jars leads to, which means there's an opportunity right there that a honey seller can take advantage of. The plastic bottle as opposed to the glass jar is a delivery mechanism, nothing more. Honey should be used and consumed, not started at on a shelf in a fancy jar because of the mess the kids (or me) might make.

My 2 cents.

Don't let your kids near it? Decant it into your squeezy bottle? Any one of a dozen ideas that you can take responsibility for instead of complaining your needs aren't met? Accept that you'll have tidy but bland honey for ever and ever?

 

[J-Wholesale]

Don't let your kids near it? Decant it into your squeezy bottle? Any one of a dozen ideas that you can take responsibility for instead of complaining your needs aren't met? Accept that you'll have tidy but bland honey for ever and ever?

My mistake. I mistook this for a business forum, where potential selling points for products might be welcome. I hadn't realised that the forum was doubling as the Frugal Living Forum for some members.

 

[Cobby]

My mistake. I mistook this for a business forum, where potential selling points for products might be welcome. I hadn't realised that the forum was doubling as the Frugal Living Forum for some members.

It's a good idea, honey in squeezy bottles. That's why you can get honey in squeezy bottles. :|

So, you only buy honey in squeezy bottles...it's good you're being frugal, I guess? Not sure what your point is, but well done. :|

 

[Swisaw]

It's ok - this time I won't break your legs

We are thinking to set up online shop, towns market ( every sunday I think), car boot sales, shops with organic food, friends, neighbours and we will see.

I need to say that we are talking about natural honey of 1 kg jars for 17 pounds.

Natural, if unpasteuraised, honey has medical property. You need to find a sort of niche market, upper market, for this.

 

[Cobby]

Natural, if unpasteuraised, honey has medical property. You need to find a sort of niche market, upper market, for this.

Some honey does (e.g. manuka) and you can have it tested to check stuff like antibacterial properties. It's also (anecdotally) good for hay-fever but the thinking behind that is local honey is better as it'll contain the same pollen that's affecting sufferers.

If the OP gets it tested successfully then it's a very good selling point, will add value to the brand and allow it to sit more comfortably in the higher price bracket.

 

[Siralex]

I think if the honey is organic you should do very well. Organic Greek honey sells very well at considerably more than that.

Honey can be 100% natural or contain some additives.
As for organic, how can you control bees to collect pollen only from organic flowers?

 

[Banned]

Honey can be 100% natural or contain some additives.
As for organic, how can you control bees to collect pollen only from organic flowers?

Bee's will travel no further than a mile and half to two miles from their hive.

Unless you control the land around you can't say it's organic, and the honey will vary from year to year depending on what crops are grown locally.

Scottish heather honey is a good example of controlling a honey year in year out.

 

[Cobby]

Honey can be 100% natural or contain some additives.
As for organic, how can you control bees to collect pollen only from organic flowers?

Each bee has a tiny thread tied around the bottom of its thorax so it can't fly further than the field it's in. It's time consuming to sort out the knots when they occur but it's more than compensated for by the huge premium for the word 'organic'.

 

I've got to agree about the squeezy bottle tbh....I never used to buy honey until I came across the squeezy bottle, because it is just way too messy. I'm like that with my HP sauce now too, and Jalapeno Relish, etc.......

....maybe I'm just a messy clart?

 

[mobyme]

Honey can be 100% natural or contain some additives.
As for organic, how can you control bees to collect pollen only from organic flowers?

Pass; you ought to try it with porridge oats (uncooked) and Greek yoghourt, it really is in a different class.

 

[Jheath]

We sell ........ £11.95 for organic but not certified.

Is there such a thing? Surely if it's not certified then it can't be sold as organic so how can it attract a premium over non-organic?

On a related matter, I saw hay bales advertised locally as "semi-organic"! It can't be semi-organic any more than someone can be a little bit pregnant! A blatant mis-use of the term organic when related to the sale of agricultural produce.

 

[Raw Rob]

Is there such a thing? Surely if it's not certified then it can't be sold as organic so how can it attract a premium over non-organic?

No, you're right, we can't call it organic, but we use the term "Ecologically produced".

 

[Excellent Foods]

Honey is not an easy market, I sell some premium honeys on my website (honeys that you can find in 5* hotels in the UK), and still find it hard.
1kg is way too big, and I would be very careful with the locations.
In any case, I wish you the best of luck