Santa Catarina Honey Voted Best in the World for the Fifth Time

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This is the fifth time that Prodapys, a company from Santa Catarina, has won the award. The honey from Santa Catarina had already received awards in Australia (2007), Ukraine (2013), South Korea (2015) and Turkey (2017).

Prodapys, from Araranguá, operates the largest organic honey production project in the world and stands out as the product’s largest domestic exporter.

“We are very happy with this news and with this new achievement by Santa Catarina. We know the quality of our production and the skill of our farmers and beekeepers. This international acknowledgment is proof that Santa Catarina has a great potential to add value to its agricultural production, by conquering the market and attracting more income and quality of life to the rural environment.”

“Congratulations to the beekeepers involved in this project,” celebrates the Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, Ricardo de Gouvêa.

Organic Honey

The largest organic honey production project in the world is located in Santa Catarina. According to the director of Prodapys, Celio da Silva, this is a partnership that includes more than 950 families, spread from Rio Grande do Sul to Maranhão.

“The apiaries must be located in areas at a distance of at least 3 km from any farm that uses antibiotics. The apiaries’ location is strictly controlled by GPS. Thus, the honey produced maintains its organic quality, it is complemented by traceability and high-level processing”, he explains.

Honey Production in Santa Catarina

Santa Catarina is the fourth-largest honey producing state in Brazil and hosts nearly ten thousand beekeepers. The 2017/18 harvest totaled 5,500 tons in 315,000 hives. Currently, 42 percent of the honey produced in the state is considered organic.

In addition to its quality, the honey produced in Santa Catarina also impresses for its variety. The bees produce more than 100 types of honey with different colors, fragrances, flavors, and consistency.

Wild honey is responsible for the majority of the state’s production. It is polyfloral, which means that it is produced with nectar collected by bees from a wide variety of plants.

Regarded as being of excellent quality, its flavor, fragrance, and consistency vary according to the predominant blooms at the time of production. The darker color indicates a higher concentration of mineral salts.

Source: OCP News