Mānuka honey NZ, by the grade on the jar
UMF™-graded mānuka and raw New Zealand honey from producers we name, in New Zealand dollars. Buy a jar, send a gift pack, or get honey delivered every two months.
Every grade, with the number behind it
A UMF™ grade is a test result, not a strength rating. These are the UMF Honey Association's own minimum MGO figures for each grade, read on 16 September 2026.
A UMF™ grade is a test result. UMF™ 15+ means at least 512mg/kg of MGO, plus minimum levels of leptosperin and DHA, according to the UMF Honey Association. An MGO number on its own is a single measurement, and UMFHA says it doesn't convert to a UMF™ grade.
An older version of this site told readers UMF™ 20+ had roughly 400× the methylglyoxal of UMF™ 5+. On UMFHA's table it is about 10.0× — 826 mg/kg against 83 mg/kg. The claim is deleted and the real figures are here.
Our first producers are on the way
Every jar here will be the producer's own sealed jar, with their grade and their licence number, and we'll name them. Nothing is listed until a wholesale account is signed and the stock is in hand.
Buy from a brand todayThere is no product grid here, on purpose
A honey shop with photographs of jars it can't post is a mood board. When we can pack it and send it, it appears here with the producer, the grade exactly as printed, the licence number, the size, the price incl. GST and the price per 100 g — and not a day before.
In the meantime we've read 5UMF™-licensed brands' own New Zealand shops and priced them per 100 g at each grade, and 10 floral honey types from three named producers. See the prices and the dates we checked.
Four rules, and we'd rather have an empty shop than break one
Sealed jars only
We never repack, decant or relabel. Putting a grade on a label of our own would need a licence we don't hold.
The grade as printed
Grade, MGO and UMF™ licence number copied off the producer's own label, with the licence checked against UMFHA's list.
NZ dollars, incl. GST
One number, GST included, with a price per 100 g beside it so two jars can actually be compared.
No health claims
We sell food. Nothing on this site is health advice. We tell you what a grade measures, never what it does for you.
Honey gifts, packed by us
Sealed New Zealand jars, a printed gift note, and no prices in the box. Honey and only honey — no supplements, no skincare, nothing sold on what it does for you.
Join the gift-pack waitlistFixed contents, listed
Every jar named with the producer who made it, the floral type or grade, and the size. No substitutions and nothing imported to round out the box.
A note card, and no prices
Your message printed on a card, up to 200 characters, and “leave prices out of the box” on by default. The receipt goes to you, the parcel goes to them.
Honey every two months, delivery included
Raw New Zealand honey, or raw plus a jar of UMF™-graded mānuka. Skip or cancel from the link in every email.
How the subscription worksThere's no price here yet. It gets set from real wholesale cost, packaging and delivery — not from a number that looks about right.
Put your name down
We'll email you once, when it opens. Telling us which plan helps us decide which producers to approach.
What we can honestly tell you about delivery today
Rates aren't set
They come from a real courier account, not a guess. The free-delivery threshold and the rural surcharge are published the day they exist.
New Zealand only, at first
Glass in the post is a solved problem domestically and an expensive one overseas. We ship NZ-wide.
Returns you can read now
Broken in transit, faulty or not as described: replaced or refunded. Delivery and returns.
The things people ask first
What does UMF™ 10+ mean?
It means that batch was tested against the UMF Honey Association's minimums for that grade: at least 261 mg/kg of MGO, more than 150 mg/kg of leptosperin and at least 250 mg/kg of DHA. The full table is here, with the source and the date we read it.
What's the difference between UMF™ and MGO?
UMF™ is four tests plus a licence and a batch certificate; MGO is one of those four measured on its own. UMFHA's own answer to converting between them is "MGO /NPA does not convert to UMF™." The longer version.
How can I check a mānuka jar is genuine?
Find the UMF™ licence holder number on the jar and match it on UMFHA's own certified-brands list. Four checks, in order.
Where does your honey come from?
Nowhere yet — we're opening wholesale accounts now and we won't name a producer as ours until one is signed. Everything on this site today is either UMFHA's published data or a real producer's own pages, linked, with the date we read them.
How much is delivery?
We don't know yet, and we'd rather say so than invent a number. Rates and the free-delivery threshold come from a real courier account before the first order, and delivery and returns is updated the day they do.
Why won't you say what mānuka honey is good for?
Because honey is a food, and in New Zealand health claims about food are regulated — the rules apply to advertising, not just labels. We've gone further than the law requires and make no health, wellness or "use" claims at all. Here's the whole rule.
Everything we know, with the source attached
Every figure on this site links to the page it came from and the date we read it. Where we couldn't source something, we left it out and said so.
UMF™ grades explained
UMFHA's own table — minimum MGO, leptosperin and DHA at every grade — with a lookup that doesn't pretend MGO converts.
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Five UMF™-licensed brands priced in New Zealand dollars from their own shops, per 100 g at each grade.
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