Infographic: Honey offers natural sweetener for non-alcohol, alcohol drinks

The National Honey Board hosts Honey Editor’s Summit

Honey is a versatile, all-natural ingredient being used to add flavor and sweetness to a plethora of products, including beer, ready-to-drink teas and energy drinks as well as spirits. Firestone, Colo.-based The National Honey Board hosted a Honey Editor’s Summit, Sept. 21-22 in Chicago, with in-depth sessions on purchasing trends, tours of bakeries and breweries that use honey, along with a visit to an apiary to demonstrate how honey makes it from the bee to the hive to a food or beverage product. In North America alone, there are more than 300 unique types of honey that vary in flavor, color and aroma, it says.

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Barbara Harfmann, managing editor of Beverage Industry, visits beverage companies for cover stories and facility tours, and writes and edits for the magazine’s print and online components. She also represents the magazine at trade shows and events. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications and Public Relations from Illinois State University.

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