Honey is one of the most faked foods in the world, and the US government isn't doing much to fix it

https://www.businessinsider.com/fake-honey-problems-how-it-works-2020-9

Third place. Behind milk and olive oil.

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doublejay1999@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y (5 replies)

World and America are not in fact interchangeable

SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Yeah that annoyed me too lol, but this is a us based publication with an article intended for us audiences and reports on US events mostly.

Infynis@midwest.social · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The US is also a massive agricultural producer, which, I assume, includes honey

Noodle07@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Best I can do is watered down HFCS

adam_y@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
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venoft@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y

It can both be the most faked food in the world (and thus probably also the US), and still the government is not doing anything.

paraphrand@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I knew about olive oil, but not about milk. huh.

moistclump@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

How do you fake milk

prayer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Water it down. Same way you fake cheese.