UMF® stands for Unique Mānuka Factor. As a quality assurance mark it ensures quality and purity of UMF® honey products.

UMF® can only be used by licence holders who follow UMF® Honey Association’s stringent Code of Practice. This includes independent audits to ensure compliance with UMF® quality standard production facility requirements. The association appoints independent companies to regularly check licensees’ samples from the marketplace. This helps ensure all the UMF®-certified Mānuka honey are authentic and the highest quality products.

Melora® share equal percentages of honey sales between Mānuka resources owners, beekeepers and the honey processing company.

By using a fair share benchmark that is higher than the industry standard, we can continually support landowners to guard, protect and nurture Mānuka plants, leading to a sustainable future together.

Our Ethical Honey Harvesting programme also sets out clear quality policies and procedures for all harvest and apiary operators working with us. The aim of this programme is to protect the bees and hives from risk of contamination, to protect the environment during harvesting and to keep our people safe through the process.

Through our traceability programme Mānuka Originz®, you can find out where your jar of honey comes from.

Yes, all Melora Mānuka honey is collected by Kiwi bees and harvested by our beekeepers from New Zealand’s untamed east coast.