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Your ‘pure honey’ may have hidden additives, CAK warns

According to the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the international food standards body established by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), honey must not contain any added food ingredients or additives, including sugars and sweeteners.

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By  Dominic Omondi

Business Reporter

Nation Media Group

The sweetness of your favourite 'pure honey' may not be entirely the result of bees painstakingly converting flower nectar into the natural sweetener.

Instead, it could also be the work of crafty manufacturers concocting substances that give it the sweetness of natural honey.

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