New Zealand’s Natural Health Treasure

Mānuka Honey Is The Most Powerful Honey For Your Health

The Unique Mānuka Factor™ quality rating system has certified mānuka honey for over 25 years so consumers can confidently purchase products with bioactive benefits backed by rigorous testing and quality control ensuring potency, freshness & traceability.

UMF™ is the only comprehensive, scientifically tested quality mark, certifying potency, freshness and authenticity of mānuka honey. UMF™ rated mānuka honey’s health benefits are related to 2,300 bioactive components. It’s a gift from nature for health-seekers worldwide.

Dietitian Educational Resources

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For Dietitians and Functional Medicine Practitioners

Honey has been used for it’s therapeutic benefits for centuries. New Zealand Mānuka is distinguished as the most effective medicinal honey globally.

Elevated concentrations of phenolic plant compounds, enzymes, organic acids and more than 2000+ bioactive properties, make mānuka honey a powerful functional food.

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UMF™ Rating System & 4 Quality Assurance Testing

For 25 years the Unique Mānuka Factor Honey Association has been independently testing and certifying the purity, potency, authenticity and quality of New Zealand mānuka honey.

Ensuring customers and consumers around the world can trust they’re buying the best product from our 150 members to support their health and wellness needs.

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Today’s Dietitian Feature

Ask the Expert: Manuka Honey

By Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, FAND

Today’s Dietitian
Vol. 27 No. 4 P. 6 (April 2025 Issue)

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Online Mini Course

Become a Mānuka Master: Mānuka Mastery

Take a deep dive into one of the world’s most exciting natural health foods. This short (free) online course, guides you through the unique origins of mānuka honey, the discovery of its modern health applications, and the development of testing and the extensive systems in place to maintain its quality for consumers in 60+ countries.

– Each video learning module is followed by a short list of questions to test your knowledge.
– After completing 8 modules (1 per week), a final quiz is the final module to earn a certificate as a “UMF™ Mānuka Honey Specialist.” Now you’re ready to share your knowledge of mānuka honey.

Learn and Win! Complete the course and be in to win 1 of 25 UMF™ Mānuka Honey prize packs for RDNs! Simply send a screenshot of your completed certificate to enquiries@umf.org.nz to enter.

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Podcast Episode

Listen, Learn and Earn Free CPEUs

Hosted by Registered Dietitian, Melissa Joy Dobbins, MS, RDN, CDCES, SoundBites® Episode 281 (February 19, 2025) is about the health benefits of UMF™ authentic mānuka honey with interviews of the New Zealand experts:

– Dr. Megan Grainger, PhD, Researcher
– James Jeffery, Bekeeper

New Zealand mānuka honey is a powerful functional food. For centuries, the unique and powerful healing properties of the mānuka tree (Leptospermum scoparium) have been understood by the indigenous Māori people of New Zealand.

With more than 2,300+ natural compounds identified in New Zealand mānuka honey it has captured the attention of scientists and health professionals across the globe. Research has identified mānuka honey’s Unique Mānuka Factor (UMF™), a unique group of bioactive compounds, such as methylglyoxal (MGO) and leptosperin, which in synergy contribute to its science-supported antibacterial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties.

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Watch A Webinar For Dietitians (February 19, 2025)

Discover the health benefits of New Zealand’s mānuka honey. As a natural remedy with more than 2,000 bioactive properties, it is used globally for wound care, immune function, digestive health and much more. Mānuka honey’s healing properties are backed by decades of scientific research and new evidence of its exciting benefits uncovered.

– 2000+ bioactive properties
– The health benefits
– Why mānuka honey is more powerful than other honey
– How to choose the best mānuka honey for health

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UMF™ Health Research Database

For decades, scientists worldwide have been uncovering the unique compounds and mechanisms that make genuine New Zealand Mānuka honey truly exceptional. We’ve compiled the resources in one place.

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Search our extensive Research Database

Decades of research have culminated to identify the unique signature compounds found in genuine New Zealand Mānuka Honey.