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Up to 90% of honey sold in Malaysia is artificial, says expert
(www.straitstimes.com)
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Apparently its a huge market. You can buy artificial sugar syrup from China that mimics real honey sugars and just dilute your honey with that. In the EU at least the standard honey quality test doesn't detect it so no one knows how much diluted honey there is.