The Field Guideby Moss & MarrowThe Field Guideby Moss & Marrow
Also called lindehoning, bloemenhoning.
In the Netherlands, summer honey is in season July to August, at its best in July and August. After the harvest, Dutch stores carry it until June. In November, Dutch summer honey comes from store or from under glass, not from the field.
Summer honey comes from June to August, from lime trees, clover, bramble and garden flowers. It is darker and fuller than spring honey.
Amber and runny when fresh; it may set over winter.
Sugars with small amounts of enzymes, minerals and polyphenols; darker summer honeys carry more polyphenols than spring honey.
To get the most: Buy it raw from the beekeeper and do not cook it if the enzymes matter to you. Treat it as a sweetener, which it is.
See how honey compares with the other 243 foods on our nutrient density chart, counting what your body absorbs.
Content per NEVO, the Dutch food composition database. This describes what the food contains, not what it does for you.
The all-purpose honey for tea, baking and dressings.
14 producers in The Field Guide sell summer honey, according to their own website or shop list, each checked against our inclusion criteria and listed by province. Another 64 producers passed our bar for this food group; we have not yet recorded what each of them grows, so ask them or search the map.
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