{"id":28919,"date":"2019-08-14T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.manukanewzealand.com\/?page_id=28919"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:32:00","slug":"science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.manukanewzealand.com\/en_za\/science\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuka Honey Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page-header-1115323451\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark simple-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"page-title-bg\">\n      <div class=\"title-bg fill bg-fill\"\n        data-parallax-container=\".page-title\"\n        data-parallax-background\n data-parallax=\"-\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"title-overlay fill\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center flex-row medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper flex-col text-left medium-text-center\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            Science behind Manuka Honey          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col flex-right text-right medium-text-center\">\n        <div class=\"title-breadcrumbs pb-half pt-half\"><nav class=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">Home<\/nav><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n     \n<style>\n#page-header-1115323451 .title-bg {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/www.manukanewzealand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mnz-header-2.jpg);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-236895519\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2004123544\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>Over the years, extensive scientific research has been conducted into the composition and measurable characteristics of Manuka honey. Researchers such as Professor Thomas Henle, Professor Peter Molan, Professor Keiji Terao and Dr. Robert Laheij have contributed to the growing body of peer-reviewed publications in this field.<\/p>\n<p>Manuka honey continues to be examined within academic and clinical research environments for its chemical profile and quantifiable compounds. Each year, new scientific papers are published exploring its composition and classification markers. Many of these publications are available through established scientific journals and academic publishers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Institutions involved in Manuka honey research include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Technical University of Dresden (Germany)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Kobe University (Japan)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>UCLA (USA)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>University of Auckland (New Zealand)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital (Netherlands)<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28919","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scientific publications about Manuka Honing - Manuka New Zealand<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Over the years, much groundbreaking scientific research has been done into the unique qualities of Manuka Honey. 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