Organic Hives and Organic Honey
Organic Certification
Melita Honey is one of a few certified organic beekeeping and honey production companies in New Zealand. Our organic honey is certified by New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries and is produced from the pollen of organically grown plants. Bees from our organic hives are not treated with chemicals or antibiotics, and are placed in the remotest places in North Island of New Zealand.
We maintain the integrity of our organic honey by minimising the use of external inputs, and follow voluntary standards to maintain the integrity of our organically produced products.
Our certified organic extraction, packing and export facilities are fully certified, delivering a high integrity product.
We also maintain one of NZ’s only independently organic certified honey packing facilities.
Contact us to learn more about our organic honey or to purchase your certified organic honey today.
We aim to set the standard within the industry when it comes to sustainability. This includes understanding the Social, Environmental and Economic impact of our business activities and our actions.
Sustainability
We’re on the journey to reduce continually reduce our impact on the environment, and the sustainability of our business overall.
In winter 2020, we planted more than 180 hectares in Manuka trees, and in 2022 we will plant a further 97 hectares.
Our beekeepers are committed to good bee husbandry practice and we are careful with hive loading, limiting the number of hives in each of our locations.
We avoid single use plastics wherever possible, and have worked hard to reduce our paper use by 97%.
Our jars and packaging are 100% recyclable and we only export using wooden pallets.
Our supply chain is increasingly sustainable; we purchase from local suppliers wherever possible to reduce the environmental footprint of our products.
To learn more about NZHG’s sustainability read our FAQs, or contact our friendly team.