Medical-grade New Zealand kānuka honey
Plenty of brands talk about natural. Our products have been through randomised controlled trials, run independently by the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand and published in BMJ Open.
Every Honevo® contains the same medical-grade kānuka honey formulation.
Help manage facial redness
A twice-daily mask of medical-grade kānuka honey blended with glycerine. Applied for 15–30 minutes, twice a day, then washed off.
The trial: 138 participants, randomised against a placebo cream over eight weeks. 65% improved, 34% improved substantially, and 13% cleared completely against 2.9% on placebo. Improvement was visible from two weeks. BMJ Open 2015;5:e007651.
Treat cold sores and reduce pain
90% medical-grade kānuka honey with glycerine. Applied at least five times a day from the first sign of tingling, and safe to swallow.
The trial: 952 adults across 76 New Zealand pharmacies — the largest cold sore trial run here — compared head-to-head against 5% aciclovir cream, the standard pharmacy treatment. Neither treatment outperformed the other. BMJ Open 2019;9:e026201.
All honeys differ. Kānuka has very high antibacterial activity, and unlike manuka it is also anti-inflammatory — which for inflammatory skin conditions is the property that matters.
Raw honey carries impurities from the bees and the hive, and can inflame broken skin. Pharmaceutical-grade honey is purified by filtration and thermalisation. Every HoneyLab product uses it.
Trials run by the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, led by Professor Richard Beasley.
Study protocols reviewed by a New Zealand dermatologist and by the Mayo Clinic.
Results published in BMJ Open, a peer-reviewed open access journal.
All trials registered with ANZCTR before results were known. Supported by Callaghan Innovation.
Medical devices and medicinally based natural health products
Our research programme is directed by Dr Shaun Holt, who holds Pharmacy and Medical degrees from the UK and is one of New Zealand’s most experienced clinical researchers. Formulated by medical professionals, sourced and manufactured in New Zealand.
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