Hello All,
A new fake honey product has been seen on Kansas City area store shelves.
The label reads:

                                       Purity
                         LIGHT              BLEND

                                   HONEY

Under the word Purity in print so small you can barely reads is the word
"foods"

Under the word honey in the same small print is:
"blend of honey & corn syrup"

I have got a tote full of 55% fructose in the building. I took a sample. I
had my wife mix the samples up and let me taste both and see if I or a
helper could pick the Purity sample. We could not both taste alike.

Under ingredients:
First:  corn syrup
second: High fructose corn syrup
third: honey (without the word "Pure Honey")

The label is designed on purpose to give the impression the bottle contains
"Pure Honey"

The  bottle I bought was 8 ounce and retailed for one dollar. The standard
store markup is 25 to 28%. Purity foods must have sold to the store the 8
ounce bear at around .72 to .75 cents.

The rectangular front 8 oz. clear bear sells in a 1000 lot with snap caps
from Drapers at .34  cents each.

1.00 U.S.
- .25
------
.75
-.34
-----
.41
-.03  for front & back label
----
.38 for half pound of honey .76 for a pound.

Would be hard to make money if the product was honey but  you could make a
killing if the product was fructose that sells in bulk in the 12 to 14 cents
a pound range.

The maker of the product is trying to conceal their identity from beekeepers
that watch these things I believe.

On the back of the bear:
Distributed by  (not packed by):
Purity Foods
Clayton,OH.45322

Also a nutrician information number (509)765-8818)that I plan to call
tomorrow along with the National Honey Board to report the product!

Sincerely,
Bob Harrison

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