My Honey has turned to a whiter soft crystalised texture in the Jar, can I still eat it?
Absolutely!! And it is just as delicious and good for you. This can happen over time the rate of which is dependant on the nectar the bees brought back to the hive to produce the honey. But when it does crystalise it means the honey is substantially less messy and has all the same outstanding flavours. Some Honey producers heat the honey and hold it there for a period of time to prevent future crystallisation, we do not heat our honey to ensure it is as close to being straight from the hive as possible. It most often happens within a few weeks of jarring with the likes of spring honey where the bees may have been collecting nectar from Oil Seed Rape.. The honey we take in the summer tends to stay runny for many months. I like to think the crystalising locks in all that honey goodness!
You might find super market ‘runny honey’ never crystalises…. Or if it does the crystals are not like crystalised honey - Interesting article - https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/uk-honey-fails-authenticity-tests-alQ3x2z6Xk7a
If the link is broken search UK supermarket honey tests.
Is it possible to change crystalised honey back to runny honey?
Yep, just get it warm. A warm water bath or airing cupboard etc will soon bring it back to runny. Although Mr Bee’s Bees honey is superb when crystalised so in this situation there is no need to make it runny.
There Is a tiny amount of white debris floating on the surface – what is it?
Oooohh.. you have a little bit of wax in there. This is unusual but possible when producing honey in the very simple way that we do. You can eat it. Infact Mark Bee’s children like to chew the wax cappings like honey flavoured chewing gum! Unfortunately, your jar definitely wont have enough wax in it to allow you to chew it.