Vegan Honey Simple Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is vegan honey made of? ›

Vegan Honey is made from plants, fruits, and roots. There are NO BEES involved in this process. We extracted the nectar and pollens from the plants ourselves. No Bees are harmed in the making of this process.

Delicious and versatile.

This vegan honey looks, tastes, drizzles, and drips just like real honey from bees, but it's cruelty-free and super yummy in drinks, on vegan fried chicken (and maybe waffles like my 5 minute vegan biscuit waffles!), desserts, and more.

This recipe requires just THREE simple ingredients!

First, I add pure apple juice, sugar, and lemon juice into a saucepot and boil it for around half an hour. Then I pour it into a glass jar and pop it into the refrigerator to chill completely. Within a few hours, it is perfectly thick and ready to be used!

Since honey production involves the use of non-human animals, it is not suitable for vegans. People following a vegan lifestyle avoid contributing to animal exploitation as much as is possible in a non-vegan world, meaning they do not use, consume, or wear products made with or using animals.

Made from organic apples, BlenditUp's Bee Free Vegan Honey can be used as a base for smoothies or as a sweetener in place of bee honey, agave, or sugar.

Vegan milk is any milk that is made from plant-only sources — an alternative that is just as suitable for all the same purposes of regular milk. The majority are sourced from beans and nuts including soy, almond, and macadamia, but can also be sourced from oats, coconuts, and even rice.

realistic is simple, according to cofounder and CEO Darko Mandich. The company uses plants that produce pollen that bees consume, and then combines them with fructose and glucose syrup to create a honey with all of the same ingredients found in nature.

Vegans avoid consuming or using products that harm or exploit animals, including meat, fish, dairy foods, eggs, leather, shellac, silk, or products tested on animals. Many vegans consider beekeeping exploitative, so they avoid eating and using honey.

Many vegans refer to Oreos as “accidentally vegan,” meaning they don't contain animal products — but they weren't created to be a specifically vegan treat. Oreos do not contain milk, eggs, or any other animal-derived products, so they are technically vegan in that sense. Plant-based cookies and cream lovers rejoice!

People who follow a vegan diet don't eat any animal foods, including dairy, eggs, and honey. About 3% of Americans follow a vegan diet. Their reasons for eating this way vary. Some vegans do it to improve their health, as research shows that a plant-based diet could lower the risk of certain diseases.

What is the China honey scandal? ›

In February 2013, the Justice Department charged two major honey importers in "Operation Honeygate." The importers — Honey Solutions and Groeb Farms — shipped fake or adulterated Chinese honey through other countries in Asia and Europe before sending them to the US.

Conventional honey lacks propolis and pollen, is stripped of nutrients through heating, contains additives like corn syrup or water, and has trace amounts of antibiotics and pesticides. You should avoid honey from big box stores like Costco or Walmart or chain pharmacies like Walgreens or CVS.

So it is important that you are choosing real honey when you visit your local grocery store and avoiding fake honey. The fact is that the odds the honey in your cabinet at home is fake honey is about 76%.

But all joking aside, for many bees used in the honey industry, life is a trial by fire, literally. Beekeepers use smoke and gas to manipulate bee colonies. Queen bees are killed and replaced without warning, causing distress throughout the entire hive.

Whether to eat honey is a contentious issue. It's made by bees, and therefore not plant-based; however many plant-based eaters choose to include it in their diet. We believe what you eat is a personal choice. We do include honey in some of our recipes, and typically include alternatives.

Most vegans don't consume or use products made from animals, and beeswax inarguably comes from small animals. For the same reasons that these vegans do not consume honey, they abstain from beeswax in everything from musical instruments to pharmaceuticals.

It's not how honey is extracted, but when. Ethical beekeeping practitioners take honey in the Spring, after the bees have already eaten what they need for the winter. It is considered excess that they can quickly replace and so does no real harm to the bees themselves.