{"id":29012,"date":"2019-08-14T14:11:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T13:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.manukanewzealand.com\/?page_id=29012"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:29:06","slug":"thomashenle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.manukanewzealand.com\/en_za\/thomashenle\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Thomas Henle &#8211; discoverer of Methylglyoxal (MGO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page-header-213867326\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark divided-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            Thomas Henle          <\/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-213867326 .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 class=\"container header-wrapper-divider\"><hr\/><\/div>  <\/div>\n  \n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1775882345\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-682334334\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1033843960\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cA grading system must be scientifically sound, based on a method that has been published and can be applied in laboratories. This is certainly the case for the MGO Manuka honey classification.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Quote from Professor Thomas Henle \u2013 Technical University of Dresden, Germany<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 2006, Professor Thomas Henle and his research team at the Technical University of Dresden identified methylglyoxal (MGO) as a measurable compound present in Manuka honey. His work helped establish a science-based, laboratory-verifiable classification system built on the quantification of MGO levels.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Henle has stated that testing for methylglyoxal provides a reliable and quantitative method for grading Manuka honey. Research from his team demonstrated a direct relationship between the measured MGO concentration and the classification level of the honey.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Professor Henle and his colleagues have continued to publish scientific research examining the chemical composition and measurable characteristics of Manuka honey.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1810318362\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_296395180\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manukanewzealand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/henle.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_296395180 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1810318362 > .col-inner {\n  max-width: 500px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1775882345 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>","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-29012","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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