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any soft drink plants in the area? A bottler near where I used to stay got caught dumping out expired flavourant packs when honey in the area started turning re
by Two4 9mo ago
any soft drink plants in the area? A bottler near where I used to stay got caught dumping out expired flavourant packs when honey in the area started turning red.
- senectus1 9mo agooh great... grape flavored honey...
- RobotToaster 9mo agoFrom the article >Flavour-wise, she says, "to my untrained palate, the honey really does taste purple, in a grape-y sort of way". Oh no
- TheAdamist 9mo agoKudzu flowers supposedly have a grape like flavor. I just had a beer made with them from fonta flora in NC and you could vaguely taste it. Although unsure if it was my imagination. Kudzu flowers were listed as one of the possibilities in the article.
- potato3732842 9mo agoIt could still be placebo effect and/or whatever makes purple/red grapes their deep color having an influence on the flavor and this being common to both purples rather than spilled Fanta. The article mentions kudzu which is also purple and allegedly vaguely grape like. Basically "this bloody mary sure does have a hint of pizza to it" but one level lower (chemical level rather than the tomato ingredient level).
- Two4 9mo agoA bit of digging, and it turns out there's a Coca-cola bottler in Aberdeen, the same area as Dees Bees Apiary. I'm willing to bet that purple honey coincides with grape Fanta spills or dumps
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- lostlogin 9mo agoThis famously happened with M&Ms https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/121011-blue-honey-honeybees-animals-science https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/121011-bl... During the peak of the Manuka honey bubble, people were supposedly spiking competitors honey by putting out coloured sugar water here in New Zealand. Unsure if that’s true or just a rumour.
- miladyincontrol 9mo agoYep, same happened near me before. Local beekeepers got some real dark colored rootbeer honey.
- HarHarVeryFunny 8mo agoI seem to recall another story about colored honey (blue?) where the bees had been feeding on antifreeze - not recommended for eating.