Erica Manipuliflora (sousoura) honey with pine from Mount Athos. Pure, monastic pine honey from the forests of the Athonite peninsula combined with the nectar of sousoura flowers. This combination offers a rich and balanced taste, as well as high nutritional value to the body.
Erica Manipuliflora Honey is mostly produced in the area of Giovanitsa, but also in the entire Mount Athos. The honey that comes from Erica is characterized as a honey of exceptional nutritional value, due to the high content of pollen grains. It is rich in silicon, boron and barium. It is very beneficial to the body and that is why it is mainly sold in health food stores.
Erica Manipuliflora Honey has a strong taste, a characteristic fine aroma and a special color, which in the beginning is greenish, while during the winter it becomes dark brown or reddish like cognac. It is collected from September to November (a very rich flowering period for the plant), but there are also years that the plant is not produced at all. For this reason, but mainly for its properties, the demanding consumers, who are aware of this fact buy this honey wherever and whenever they find it.
In France Erica Manipuliflora Honey is considered to be one of the best honeys, along with the Chestnut and Lavender Honey. The French produce the famous French gingerbread only with this honey.
In the undisturbed pine forests of Kapsala and Giovanitsa on Mount Athos, the Athonite honey is produced every spring and autumn. Pine Honey comes from honeydew and constitutes the 65% of the total honey production in Greece. Consumers seem to prefer it, because it is not as sweet as blossom honey.
Pine Honey has a significant nutritional value due to the large variety of substances that coexist in its composition. A special place is held by the micronutrients, which are found in large quantities and make it a honey of high nutritional value. Sodium and potassium are also found in large quantities. It does not contain the catalase enzyme and as a result it has strong antimicrobial properties. It also has antiseptic qualities, helps in treating inflammations and acts effectively against cough and gout.
