forum threadBBQchicken | Staff posted Jun 09, 2026 05:14 AM
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forum threadBBQchicken | Staff posted Jun 09, 2026 05:14 AM
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The lawsuit claimed they heat their honey to a high temperature thereby killing the natural enzymes and beneficial nutrients so they shouldn't be allowed to call it "raw". Nate's countered by saying they only gently warm the honey to help make it flow through the bottling pipes and be strained.
Also, trace amounts of an antibiotic, Metronidazole (a common antibiotic used by some beekeepers to treat bacterial infections in hives), were found in their honey. But only trace amounts, parts per billion, far too little to impact human health or violate FDA safety limits. However Nate's own website claimed that "No antibiotics, pesticides or herbicides or added corn or rice syrup gets past us". The lawsuit argued that if a bottle of honey contains even a microscopic trace of a chemical or antibiotic residue when their marketing claimed none, calling it "100% Pure" is deceptive advertising.
If Nate's doesn't add antibiotics to their honey then how did trace amounts get there? Nate's doesn't actually own millions of beehives themselves. They act as a massive processing and bottling company. They buy their honey in bulk from hundreds of independent, commercial beekeepers across the US and internationally, blend it together, and bottle it. The antibiotics came from the hives which beekeepers occasionally have to use to treat highly destructive bacterial infections. Microscopic traces of it can accidentally leach into the wax honeycomb and get mixed into the honey the bees are producing.
Anyway the 2019 lawsuit was dismissed. There was another lawsuit from 2021-2024 by farmers accusing bigger brands, which included Nate's, of colluding to flood the market with cheap honey that didn't meet U.S. standards. That lawsuit was also dismissed.
Long story short, Nate's does use real honey, no fake stuff in it. But whether they can call it 100% Pure or Raw is the issue (or non-issue).
God I hate how you have to be your own food detective these days just to see if the basic stuff you eat is safe. That's what happens when your government's got low/no standards, letting food companies sell you garbage.
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