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Eğriçayır, The Best Honey in the World Winner

Çaylı, a Yörük family that has been beekeeping for generations on the Eğirçayır plateau at 2,500 altitude in the Taurus Mountains, was selected as the "Best Honey in the World" at the 46th APIMONDIA World Beekeeping Awards of the 2019 World Beekeeping Congress with the quality of organic honey and bee products.

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Beekeeping is a tradition that has been maintained for generations by a Yoruk family living in the Mersin Taurus Mountains in the 1700s.

As the Çay Family, we have made a living by doing beekeeping for generations. In the 1950s, our grandfathers carried their beehives to Eğriçayır Plateau in summer and to Kızkalesi Beach in winter. They brought the honeycomb honey they produced in log hives to the markets by storing them in pouches called daubs, which were made from goat skins.

With our limited production under the management of Celal Çay, one of the last generation representatives of our family, and our heritage beekeeping knowledge from our family, we are beekeeping in Eğriçayır Plateau at 2500 altitude and preserve the legendary flavor and aroma of this rare honey. We are proud of the awards received by Eğriçayır Honey, both as a family and on behalf of our country, and we are delighted to be able to deliver this rare miracle, produced at an altitude of 2500 meters, miles away.

Organic Eğriçayır Brand and Awards

In 2009, we obtained organic certificates for this precious honey that has been produced completely organic for hundreds of years. we got. As the new generation representatives of the Çay Family, we created the Eğriçayır Brand and again in 2009 we returned from France with a Gold Medal. Our Eğriçayır honey was selected as the "World's 2nd Best Honey" in Slovenia in 2011.

In the "International Best Organic Honey Competition" (BIOLMİEL) organized by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, we were once again awarded the "Gold Medal" by the expert jury members from the European Union Countries.

THE BEST HONEY IN THE WORLD

Eğriçay is the pride of Turkey in 2019, which is considered the most important in the world of beekeeping Apimondia award in the "World's Best Honey" took the prize.

We were selected as the best honey of the world among thousands of applicants at the World Beekeepers Association, Apimondia, the world's most prestigious beekeeping organization. This important award that adds value to Turkish beekeeping and explains the richness of our country is for all of us. We are happy to produce the best honey in the world in our country.

IN CANADA MONTREAL CITY; 46th WORLD BEEKEEPING CONGRESS HELD ON 8-12 SEPTEMBER 2019 AT APIMONDIA WORLD BEEKEEPING AWARDS ; WE HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS "THE BEST HONEY IN THE WORLD" AMONG THOUSANDS OF HIGH QUALITY HONEY FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WE ARE PROUD OF CONTRIBUTIONS DUE TO COME we PROVIDE A BEEKEEPING IN TURKEY AND PROUD OF THIS COUNTRY Us.

Organic Honey and Beekeeping

We manage a strict inspection and monitoring process for all honey varieties we produce, from beekeeping to hive to jar. This inspection and monitoring process is applied both in our organic balls and natural honey. While an independent organic certification auditing body is involved in the auditing process for our organic honey, our natural honey produced by controlled beekeeping is also audited by our Eğriçayır audit teams.

Eğriçay is primarily to be our plateau, in Turkey's vast geography, plains, plateaus, produced at different altitudes, all honey produced in organic or natural Eğriçay our standard, inspected, packed.

In Eğriçayır standards, we do inspections at the production points of our beekeepers with controlled beekeeping certificates, and after completing the comprehensive analysis, we deliver Eğriçayır products to you.

We produce and inspect the meticulous inspection process of our natural and organic honeys and the previously selected production areas with the same sensitivity and the knowledge of our supervised beekeepers who are trained.

You can consume all our perfect and rare honeys with peace of mind with the production processes and analysis results.

We lead the hives at every stage of production

In our own apiaries, we produce with our own beekeepers, we work with our Beekeepers with Audited Beekeeping Certificate, all processes of which are supervised and monitored with controlled beekeeping in different flora of Anatolia, and we also aim to develop Turkish beekeeping with special training and inspection processes. This close follow-up and the care we take to protect our rare quality is the greatest assurance we offer you.

Shell to Jar Preparation and Special Facility for Packaging

Preserving the natural properties of Eğriçayır honeys and packaging them with their purity from the source requires sensitive processes and expertise. In our special facility, we preserve the natural characteristics and rich flavor of our honey and make rare and unique Eğriçayır products ready to be delivered to you.

Reliable Source with the Assurance of Eğriçayır

The entire process, from our beekeepers to jars, must be traceable to ensure a safe and high quality product. With the trainings we provide to our beekeepers, strict inspections, certification processes, analysis stages, we guarantee high quality from the hive to the jar with Eğriçayır assurance. Achieve genuine, pure honey from source to jar, with our experience in organic production processes and 300 years of family tradition of beekeeping.

Eğirçayır Plateau

Eğriçayır Plateau is in Mersin Taurus and has an altitude of 2500 altitude. Here, the vegetation and the variety of flowers are the most important factors that make our honey aroma and quality perfect.

In Eğriçayır Plateau, which has the plant flora of the Taurus Mountains, there are wild wild flowers such as cornflower and Taurus rock thyme. Due to these geographical features and vegetation, our Organic Flower Honey with Polyphora has an intense aroma.

While producing our honey, we follow the spring with our hives. In Eğriçayır Plateau, spring starts from low altitudes and then reaches the summit. Our hives are also found at different altitudes of the plateau in certain periods, that is, where there is spring, flowers and plant flora. Since there is different vegetation at every altitude, we produce organic honey with different aroma. We produce our flower honey with polyphora at an altitude of 2,300 meters and above, in a region where production is difficult for bees but the product is of high quality.

The 46th Apimondia International Apicultural Congress 2019

Held in Montréal, Canada, at the Palais des congrès de Montréal, between 8th – 12th September 2019.
6,000 participants
80 countries
4 world luminaries
48 technical symposiums – 8 round tables and 9 general public workshops
World Beekeeping Awards
200 exhibitors at API EXPO

The congress included Apimondia Scientific Commissions and Symposia Topics on: beekeeping economy, bee biology, bee health, pollination and bee flora, beekeeping technology and quality, apitherapy, beekeeping for rural development. (There were over 940 abstracts from scientists engaged in cutting-edge research from around the world considered for inclusion in this year’s Congress.)

The organizers highlighted the progress of genomics in beekeeping science, the impact of pesticides on bees, the selection for resistance to house dust mites and diseases, the detection and prevention of honey fraud, conservation of pollinators, beekeeping without treatment, citizen science and bees.

The Round Table discussions were held concurrently with the symposia, offering participants to discuss current issues with visiting experts and scientists, as well as “cross-cutting” symposia, bringing two or more commissions together where areas of interest overlap.

There were over 260 oral scientific works and over 770 posters representing synthesis of other scientific papers. Apitherapy represented more than 1/5 of all presentations.

WBA AWARDS (World Beekeeping Awards)

WBA is a global contest of all things related to beekeeping. The participants had to submit their samples by 20th of July. The awarding ceremony was held on September 9, at the end of the day, at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal.

The participating categories included:
· honey,
· beeswax,
· mead and other honey beverages,
· cosmetics,
· medicines,
· best innovations and inventions for beekeeping,
· books and magazines in apiculture,
· artistic exhibits, and displays.

How was honey tested and evaluated:

All honey samples were tested for authenticity using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, thus eliminating all possible C4 and C3 sugars adulteration.

The laboratory analysis analysed the honey samples for moisture, invert sugar, saccharose, acidity, insoluble solids, artificial sweeteners, hydroxymethylfurfuraldehyde, carbon isotope ratio, presence of residual antibiotics etc.

What bee products participated in the contest?

The contest included Individual and Commercial classes:

Individual classes:

– run honey (not crystallized)
– set honey (naturally crystallized, not stirred)
– speciality honey (honey with added products such as cinnamon, nuts, dried fruits etc.)
– mead / honey beer / honey liqueur
– beeswax (plain and decorated candles)
– dispay

In addition to these, commercial classes also included cosmetics and medicines.

The judges were represented from each major Region of the World (Asia, Americas, Africa, Europe and Oceania). There were 2 or 3 judges in each judging committee, one of which was Head of that committee.

ApiEXPO – the Apiculture Exposition

ApiEXPO – the biggest beekeeping trade show included over 200 exhibitors:
manufacturers of beekeeping equipment and attire, companies specializing in bee nutrition and hive technology, bee hive product and stock producers, as well as educational institutions and beekeeping associations. Everything was presented there: from the latest innovations in hive components and bee health products, to current advances in hive monitoring from companies around the world.

The Jury elected the best booths in the ApiExpo:
Smallest: Royal Bees – Bulgaria
Largest: Swienty – Denmark

And the winner of The Best Honey In The World is …
A polyfloral honey from Turkey. Just like that.
Çiçek Honey, produced by Egricayir Bal.

They received the title and the most prestigious, Carl and Virginia Webb Honey Bowl.

turkish honey won the best honey

what is the best honey in the world in 2019

“Our family’s beekeeping tradition dates back to more than 300 years, we work hard to produce fine quality honey,” Celal Cay, the owner of Egricayir Bal, told Anadolu Agency after receiving the award.

Cay said the company also won a silver medal in a Kiev congress in 2013 and a gold medal in Istanbul in 2017.

So what is this Çiçek honey (aka bal, or bali – the Turk names for honey)?

In Turkish, Çiçek means “flower” and is often met as a surname of female name. Çiçek honey means polyfloral or multifloral honey.

Are flowers of Turkey so special?

Apparently so. Specialists say Turkey is like the heaven of flowers.

It contains three different phyto-geographic zones: European-Siberian, Mediterranean, and Iranian-Turanian, with 10.000 native plant species, of which 3.900 are endemic. Almost 500 plants are known to provide nectar or pollen, and nearly 50 of them are identified as dominant nectar plants. Turkey is well-known for its chestnut honey, thyme honey, mountain meadow honey (see Anzer honey), citrus honey, rhododendron honey and mixed flower honey.

All Eğriçayır Organic products

Doğal Tuz ve Organik Tatlandırıcılar (1)
Organik Bal ve Arı Ürünleri (33)
Organik Kuruyemiş ve Kuru Meyve (1)
Organik Pekmez (2)
Organik Zeytinyağı ve Yağlar (1)
Organik Bitkisel Bakım Yağları (1)
Organik Diş Macunu ve Ağız Bakımı (2)

Eğriçayır Organic Products

All Eğriçayır Organic
Best Honey in the World winner Eğriçayır Organic Polyfloral Wild Flower Honey. Raw Honey varieties Chestnut, Carob, Lavender, Linden, Thistle, Oak, Pine. Bee products, Propolis, Royal Jelly, Pollen. Black Cumin Seed Oil, Carob Extract and Molasses.

Eğriçayır Organic Carob Extract (Carob Syrup) 680g

350.00 ₺

Eğriçayır Organic Bee Bread 100g

560.00 ₺

Eğriçayır Organic Comp Honey (KG)

865.00 ₺

Eğriçayır Organic Nigella Seed Oil 250ml

700.00 ₺

Eğriçayır Organic Royal Jelly + Raw Honey + Pollen + Propolis Mix 240g

680.00 ₺

Eğriçayır Organic Fresh Royal Jelly 30g

945.00 ₺

Eğriçayır Organic Raw Honey with Turmeric & Ginger 415g

655.00 ₺

Eğriçayır Organic Flower Honey 450g

382.00 ₺

Eğriçayır Organic Propolis Drops (Water Based) 20ml

250.00 ₺

Eğriçayır Organic Carob Molasses 800g

320.00 ₺

Eğriçayır Organic Creamed Flower Honey 450g

2190.00 ₺

Eğriçayır Organic Propolis Drops 20ml

250.00 ₺

Eğriçayır Organic Fresh Pollen 320g

340.00 ₺

Şahbaz Çaylı Organic Pine Honey 450g

350.00 ₺

Eğriçayır Organic Oak Honey 850g

845.00 ₺

Eğriçayır Organic Carob Blossom Honey 450g

525.00 ₺

All Eğriçayır, The Best Honey in the World Winner Products

Organic is a controlled and certified agriculture and production method without using chemical inputs. The purpose of ecological agriculture is to protect the environment, plant, animal and human health without polluting the soil, water resources and air. Organic is scientific and legal concept. Marketing of a product with expressions such as "natural, additive-free, hormone-free, pure, village product, from the farm, homemade, healthy" does not mean that it is organic. The organic food products in Ekoorganik Organic Store are in line with the European Union Organic Agriculture Legislation, and produced in accordance with the Organic Agriculture Law and Regulation of Turkish Republic and has been certified by the Organic Certification Bodies authorized by the Ministry of Agriculture, after being inspected by laboratory analyzes.

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