Acacia Honey in bulk
Acacia is the most widely traded Chinese monofloral honey and the variety our packing lines are built around. The black locust bloom lasts barely two weeks in May, so the crop is short, sharply seasonal and worth locking in early — we contract apiary output before the flow starts and hold graded stock in temperature-controlled tanks year round.
Its commercial advantage is stability. A naturally high fructose-to-glucose ratio keeps acacia liquid and brilliantly clear far longer than any other bulk variety, so retail packers avoid the crystallisation complaints that plague darker honeys on supermarket shelves. The flavour is deliberately quiet — clean, floral, faintly vanilla — which is why it also dominates as a base honey for blending, infusions and food manufacturing.
Sensory profile
- Flavour
- Delicate, clean floral with a soft vanilla finish; no bitterness or aftertaste.
- Aroma
- Light, fresh, faintly sweet-floral.
- Texture
- Thin to medium viscosity, brilliantly transparent.
- Crystallisation
- Very slow — typically remains liquid 18–24 months at 20 °C.
Typical applications
- Glass-jar and squeeze-bottle retail packing
- Private-label / OEM programmes
- Bakery, cereal and dairy manufacturing
- Infused and flavoured honey bases
- HoReCa portion packs and sachets
Guaranteed analysis
These are the contract values we ship against, not typical values. Every batch leaves with a certificate of analysis from our in-house laboratory, plus a third-party report from an accredited laboratory where the destination market or the buyer requires one.
| Moisture | ≤ 17.5 % |
|---|---|
| Colour (Pfund) | 8 – 20 mm |
| HMF | ≤ 10 mg/kg |
| Diastase activity | ≥ 8 DN (Schade) |
| Fructose + Glucose | ≥ 65 g/100 g |
| Fructose / Glucose ratio | ≥ 1.50 |
| Sucrose | ≤ 3.0 % |
| C4 sugar (AOAC 998.12) | ≤ 7 % |
| Free acidity | ≤ 30 meq/kg |
| Electrical conductivity | ≤ 0.20 mS/cm |
| Water-insoluble solids | ≤ 0.1 % |
| Pollen (Robinia) | ≥ 30 % of total |
Residues & documentation
Screened against the EU, US FDA and Japan Positive List limits before any lot is released for drumming.
| Chloramphenicol | < 0.1 µg/kg (ND) |
|---|---|
| Nitrofuran metabolites | < 0.3 µg/kg (ND) |
| Streptomycin | < 10 µg/kg |
| Sulfonamides (total) | < 10 µg/kg |
| Tetracyclines | Not detected |
| Tylosin | Not detected |
| Glyphosate | < 10 µg/kg |
| Pyrrolizidine alkaloids | < 50 µg/kg |
| Pesticide multi-residue | 600+ compounds, LC/GC-MS-MS |
| Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, As) | Within Codex STAN 12-1981 |
| Yeast & mould | < 100 cfu/g |
| Foreign matter | None — filtered to 200 µm |
Shipping documents: commercial invoice, packing list, B/L, certificate of origin (Form A / FTA where applicable), health certificate, CoA and fumigation-free declaration.
How acacia honey ships
Choose the format that suits your line. Net weights are the maxima we load against a standard 20′ container.
| Format | Description | Container loading |
|---|---|---|
| 300 kg steel drum | New, food-grade lacquer-lined steel drum with a polyethylene liner. | 80 drums per 20′ FCL — 24.0 MT net |
| 25 kg HDPE pail | Food-grade white HDPE pail, tamper-evident lid, palletised and stretch-wrapped. | 800 pails per 20′ FCL — 20.0 MT net |
| 1,000 L IBC tote | Food-grade IBC with a bottom discharge valve, for high-throughput packers. | 18 totes per 20′ FCL — 21.6 MT net |
| Flexitank | Single-use food-grade flexitank for the lowest cost per tonne on liquid grades. | 1 flexitank per 20′ FCL — 22.0 MT net |
| Retail OEM packing | 250 g / 500 g / 1 kg glass jars, squeeze bottles, sachets and stick packs under your label. | Configured to your artwork and carton spec |
Drums are shipped upright and strapped; liquid grades are pumped at controlled temperature to protect HMF and diastase. Reefer or insulated-liner shipment is available for long transits through the tropics.
Related varieties
Vitex Honey
Also sold as chastetree honey. A bright amber, fully-ripened honey from the mountain scrub of northern China, and the workhorse of the bulk trade: consistent supply, consistent spec, competitive landed cost.
Linden Honey
Harvested from the wild Tilia forests of the Changbai and Lesser Khingan ranges — a protected, low-input environment that yields an unusually aromatic honey with strong demand across Eastern Europe and the CIS.
Jujube Honey
Also traded as date honey. Very high viscosity, deep amber, with a caramel-malt character. Strong demand in the Middle East and among Chinese-diaspora retail channels.
Get a price on acacia honey
Send us your target volume, packing format and destination port. You will have an FOB and CIF quotation, the current spec sheet and a sample offer within one business day.