About Manuka Doctor

Manuka Doctor sells manuka honey and honey-based skincare, and a Manuka Doctor discount code is most often spent on a jar or two of honey, which is the product the brand is built on. Manuka is graded, sold at very different prices by grade, and surrounded by more marketing than almost any other food, so the grading system is the thing worth understanding before you choose.

MGO and UMF are two different labels for related things

MGO states the measured concentration of methylglyoxal, the compound manuka is known for, in milligrams per kilogram. UMF is a separate certification that grades the honey on several markers together. Higher numbers cost more and mean a more concentrated honey, not a different species of plant. What matters for a buyer is comparing like with like: an MGO figure against another MGO figure, not against a UMF one.

Honey is food, not medicine

Manuka honey is a food. It does not treat, cure or prevent illness, and no grade changes that. Medical-grade honey used on wounds in clinical settings is a sterilised product regulated separately from anything sold in a jar for the kitchen. If you are dealing with a wound, an infection or a persistent sore throat, that is a conversation with a pharmacist or a doctor.

Not for babies under one year

No honey of any kind should be given to a child under twelve months, because of the risk of infant botulism. That applies to manuka exactly as it does to supermarket honey, and it is worth stating plainly because manuka is often bought as a health purchase for a family.

Storage, crystallisation and sugar

Keep honey sealed at room temperature, out of sunlight, and use a dry spoon, since water introduces spoilage. Crystallisation and thickening are normal and reverse in a bowl of warm water; boiling it is not necessary and degrades the honey. Manuka is still sugar, and a spoonful counts as such in a diet.

Using a Manuka Doctor discount code

Enter the code in the basket and confirm the total before paying. Codes commonly exclude bundles already discounted, clearance jars near their best before date and gift sets, and carry a minimum spend. Food cannot be returned once opened, so buy a smaller jar of an unfamiliar grade first.