Harvested from the hives around the wild manuka bush in New Zealand and Australia, manuka honey has a whole host of health benefits and healing powers, making it a bit of a wonder ingredient.
Honey protects against the damage done by bacteria, thanks to the component hydrogen peroxide. However, in regular honey, the anti-bacterial benefits are lost when the hydrogen peroxide breaks down. This isn’t the case with manuka – which contains a ‘secret ingredient’ known as MGO (or methygloxal).