GR-J Peloponnese
Menalon fir honey ‘Vanilia’ (Meli Elatis Menalou Vanilia PDO), 450 g
Μέλι ελάτης Μαινάλου
Pale fir honeydew honey from Mount Mainalo in Arcadia, registered in 1996 as the first Greek honey protected by the EU. Bought only with a lab report.
Price when it opens €22.00
Being verified
Not for sale yet. The record below is public, but the supplier is not signed and documented. If we cannot prove it, we do not sell it.
Includes 13% Greek VAT.
Ships to Greece: €3.90, 1 to 3 working days. Shipping and duties
Origin record πίναξ
- Where
- Mount Mainalo, Arcadia, Peloponnese, GR-J
- How
- Beekeeping in Mainalo fir forests, extracted and jarred under the PDO
- Protected
- Meli Elatis Menalou Vanilia PDO (EU eAmbrosia). Check the register on ec.europa.eu (opens in a new tab)
- Maker
- [partner to be sourced]
- Fake test
- Ask for the batch lab report. Taste and colour cannot rule out added syrup: an EU check found 46% of 320 imported honey samples suspected of it. Source: joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu (opens in a new tab) Field Note: Honey and sugar syrup: what the EU found
Full record
- Material
- Fir honeydew honey (about 80% fir honeydew)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- VAT class
- 13% reduced rate (food)
- Ships to
- Ships to Greece. Open zones: Greece, European Union, US and Canada.Glass in a pulp insert. Greece, EU, US and Canada, duties paid outside the EU; FDA Prior Notice for the US. No Australia until a BICON check (honey). UK after our UK VAT registration.
- Compliance
- Batch lab report required before purchase. FDA Prior Notice for US orders. Australia closed pending BICON.
- Sources
- Status
- Being verified The record is public. The sale opens once a documented supplier is signed.
- SKU
- PX-HON-FIR
Illustration of the object and its place, not a photograph of a named maker.
The address
Peloponnese Πελοπόννησος
The southern peninsula, from the fir forests of Arcadia to the olive groves of Messinia and the port of Nafplio.
About this object
What it is
A 450 g glass jar of Meli Elatis Menalou Vanilia, an EU Protected Designation of Origin registered on 2 July 1996, the first Greek honey the EU protected. It is about 80% fir honeydew: pale, with a pearly look, and slow to crystallise.
Where and how it is made
The hives stand in the fir forests of Mount Mainalo, in the Gortynia and Mantineia areas of Arcadia, Peloponnese (GR-J). Honeydew honey is made by bees from the sweet secretions found on fir trees rather than from flower nectar.
How to use it
Spoon it over yoghurt or cheese, or stir it into mountain tea. Because it crystallises slowly, it stays pourable for a long time.
What we have not verified yet
No producer is signed. Maker: [partner to be sourced]. The price is an estimate. Honey is a high-fraud food: the EU ‘From the Hives’ check found 46% of 320 honey samples imported into the EU suspected of added sugar syrup. We will buy this honey only with a lab report attached to the batch. The jar travels in a moulded pulp insert. It does not ship to Australia, where honey is inspected on arrival, and US orders need FDA Prior Notice.
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