• Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    I’m guessing this is a US thing? At least I’ve never heard of it before as a european and I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be allowed to be sold as honey here

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      7 months ago

      Yeah, us Canadians have to check the label to make sure the honey is Canadian, otherwise its usually 50% corn syrup.

      Another easy tell is if you don’t mix it for a couple months it splits, and all the corn syrup floats to the top.

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        7 months ago

        American here … we’re really sorry. We don’t like it neither; but the corporations, you see? they need their profits.

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            7 months ago

            Same, and I eat a fair amount of honey. Even when I buy cheap stuff on the road, it’s 100% honey. Maybe there’s some Dollar General store brand that’s severely discounted and cut, but I’ve never seen it.

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      7 months ago

      It is a thing. I think it started with “pancake syrup” being corn syrup with brown color and artifical maple flavor. You know, Big Buttersworth