Quality you can trust
Independently certifying New Zealand’s remarkable mānuka honey.
Celebrating New Zealand's Unique Gift to Global Health
What makes mānuka honey so deserving of its own global celebration? On November 4, the world will celebrate the second annual World Mānuka Honey Day, shining a spotlight on the unique and powerful health benefits of New Zealand’s mānuka honey. As this special nectar begins to flow in New Zealand, this event kicks off the mānuka honey production season and highlights its role in boosting immune health, soothing sore throats and supporting overall wellness—just in time for winter in the northern hemisphere.
Ongoing research is exploring mānuka honey’s ability to support the immune system, address gut and digestive issues, its role as a natural antibiotic and even how it’s potential to help manage chronic health conditions. With new discoveries constantly emerging, mānuka honey’s status as a health and wellness staple continues to grow.
Interactive Tool
Four Factor Quality Assurance Test
Real New Zealand mānuka honey contains over 2,000 unique components that contribute to its complex flavour, texture and its sought after health food status. The UMF™ Four Factor Quality Assurance Test assures the Potency, Authenticity, Shelf Life, and Freshness of honest mānuka honey and verifies the genuine UMF™ number of each batch.
UMF™ 5+
UMF™ 10+
UMF™ 15+
UMF™ 20+
UMF™ 25+
Choose 5+ to 10+ when
You are looking for a natural sweetener that supports a healthy lifestyle.
Choose 15+ to 20+ when
You are looking for a more potent product to support everyday health and wellness.
Choose 25+ when
You are looking for a higher level of potency with additional nutritional support.
UMF™ 4 Factor Test
MGO
Leptosperin
DHA
HMF
Standard
Purpose
MGO
83
261
512
826
1197
mg
/kg
Potency
Leptosperin
>100
>150
>200
>200
>200
mg
/kg
Authenticity
DHA
150
250
400
500
500
mg
/kg
Shelf life
HMF
<40
<40
<40
<40
<40
mg
/kg
Freshness
New Zealand Mānuka Honey
For almost a thousand years, the mānuka tree has been part of Māori healing traditions in Aotearoa New Zealand. In the last 25 years that researchers have truly begun to understand the benefits of one of the mānuka tree’s greatest gifts: mānuka honey.
The Unique Mānuka Factors in pure New Zealand mānuka honey stem from the unusual structure of the mānuka flower that produces the unique nectar at the heart of New Zealand mānuka honey. Continuing extensive international research is focused on the honey’s benefits, its incredible range of natural components, and understanding New Zealand’s unique mānuka tree and exceptional nectar.
Today, mānuka honey is used and enjoyed around the world for its exceptional natural health food properties.
Find UMF™ Brands and License Holders
Only beekeepers, processors, marketers and exporters who meet our strict standards for purity, potency and quality are licensed to use the UMF™ quality mark and rating.
Research
Decades of research from scientists around the world have begun to uncover the signature compounds, mechanisms, and benefits that make genuine New Zealand mānuka honey truly unique. In addition, researchers are starting to unravel the special characteristics of the mānuka tree that have made it a critical ingredient to health in New Zealand-Aotearoa for many centuries.
Explore defining research and the people behind this work from New Zealand, Japan, Germany, England, Wales and beyond.
Featured Research
The super-food Manuka honey, a comprehensive review of its analysis and authenticity approaches
In vivo absorption and metabolism of leptosperin and methyl syringate, abundantly present in manuka honey.
Nectary photosynthesis contributes to the production of mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium) floral nectar
Unique Mānuka Factor Honey Association
Since beekeepers initiated the research that founded the mānuka honey industry in 1998, the UMFHA’s mission has been to enhance mānuka honey standards and expand the understanding of this complex natural product. We ensure that consumers around the world can easily identify mānuka honey products that meet the rigid UMF™ quality standards, protecting the unique qualities essential to mānuka as a potent natural health food.
As an independent body, we oversee the application of standards, provide support to licensees and consumers, support research and science into mānuka, and protect the integrity of mānuka both in New Zealand and across the world.
