ACTIVIST MANUKA / SURFER'S HONEY 50+MGO

Surfer’s Honey™ is a beautiful wildcrafted blend filled with local influences from our native trees and Mānuka flowers of the season. Through a lifelong passion for surfing and a love for the pristine coastline of Aotearoa, New Zealand, we have learned the essence of simplicity, and to enjoy and protect our natural surroundings that provide us with so much abundance.

Surfer’s Honey™ is a great option if you are looking for a high quality multi-functional honey with health benefits of a Mānuka component of 50+MGO (Methylglyoxal). A beautiful thick floral honey, this is great for everyday use and the ultimate gift for loved ones, friends and surfers alike. Free of GMOs and large agricultural and urban toxins which are making their way into generic table honey today.

ACTIVIST Raw Mānuka Honey is independently tested and certified in New Zealand using the Methylglyoxal (MGO) grading system, which verifies that the Mānuka honey you are buying is authentic. Our 50+ MGO honey is guaranteed to contain at least 50mg Methylglyoxal per kg. Enjoy our Mānuka honey as part of an ongoing healthy and active lifestyle to support your overall wellbeing.

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Mānuka, The beautiful wildflower native to Aotearoa New Zealand. Often referred to as the New Zealand Tea Tree, the Mānuka Plant is an evergreen shrub with white (occasionally pink) flowers. Its leaves are small with a short spine tip.

Leptospermum scoparium should not be confused with what is more commonly known as ‘Tea Tree’ (Melaleuca alternifolia), a plant native to Australia. Despite being from the same family (Myrtaceae family), Mānuka contains dihydroxyacetone whereas Melaleuca alternifolia does not. Dihydroxyacetone or DHA is a compound that is naturally occurring in Mānuka nectar. When bees create honey from this nectar, some of the DHA converts to Methylglyoxal (MGO). 

MGO is both a measurement system and an abbreviation of Methylglyoxal. Methylglyoxal is an organic compound known for its antibacterial properties. 

The Methylglyoxal in Mānuka honey is converted from dihydroxyacetone (DHA) found in the nectar of the Mānuka flower. While the resulting Methylglyoxal is present in other honeys, the levels in Mānuka honey are 1,000 times higher. This conversion occurs over a period of time with the amount of Methylglyoxal (MGO) shown to increase when aged appropriately. 

The MGO scale is simple in the fact that it is testing and certifying for the amount of MGO = Methylglyoxal; which represents the active enzymes and health properties found in our Mānuka Honey. As an example our ACTIVIST 850+MGO represents that there is a minimum of 850mg of Methylglyoxal per KG tested and certified in our Mānuka Honey. It’s very clean and simple and easy for our customers to understand. Each and everyone of our products is tested and certified in New Zealand and has this marking on our jar and label. Remember the higher the MGO the higher the potency and antibacterial effect.