> Raw, unheated is available in Canada. Its less common than the
pasteurized
> version however.
Unpasteurised honey and really raw honey is not the same thing .
many honey producers , and bigger they are and most likelly to be true, use
heat higher than hive temperature to facilitate the extraction , filering
and filling of jars with honey . also removing the operculs with an electric
knife as it is done , heat part of the honey at high temperature ( enough to
melt wax)
> The concern with raw honey is that it may still contain the naturally
> occurring spores of clostridium botulinum.
what i got from what you wrote is that raw honey is not a problem but the
mixing of it with other foods could be .
jean-claude