Our lab reports come from Natural Essentials, the company behind Sunnah Naturals.

1. Honey analyses: Quality with a discerning eye

Our honeys are laboratory-certified and meet strict quality standards. While many suppliers advertise "sugar-free" honey, this alone is not proof of quality. Crucial parameters include pollen content, water content, freshness, hygiene, gentle processing, and acidity level – all factors that can be reliably tested in the laboratory.

1.2 Gentle treatment for highest quality

Analysis of the complete sugar spectrum (fructose, glucose, sucrose, maltose, melezitose) shows natural, variety-typical values – one of the important pieces of evidence for the complete avoidance of dilution.

Our North African honeys remain natural and are processed without heating. By comparison, the EU permits heating up to 40°C for high-quality honey, while our European and Australian varieties are usually only heated to a maximum of 20°C during bottling.

Our extremely low HMF levels of 3.1 mg/kg guarantee the highest freshness and quality. Values above 40 mg/kg indicate overheating or prolonged storage and reduce quality.

We consistently focus on single-variety honeys with a high degree of purity: As a rule, at least 90% of the pollen in our honey comes from the named plant. Other suppliers already label honeys marketed as high-quality with, for example, 20% sidr content as "sidr honey".

Furthermore, many imported honeys, considered "pure" in their country of origin, fail the stricter testing procedures in Germany. Even well-known producers frequently fail to meet the local requirements.

Comprehensive honey analyses involve considerable financial expenditure. Nevertheless, we selectively and regularly update our testing protocol: for example, for new varieties, sources of origin, or to ensure specific quality characteristics. Not all results are published, but only relevant ones. Many analyses serve our internal quality assurance purposes.

Our stance: Reliable quality begins with the bee – and doesn't end in the laboratory.

2. Pure, unadulterated oils

Our oils were analyzed using fatty acid profiles and show the values typical for their respective variety – clear proof of purity and authenticity.
For example, olive oil contains at least 55% oleic acid (C18:1); a high linoleic acid content (C18:2) would indicate adulteration with sunflower oil, and a high level of erucic acid would suggest rapeseed oil. In black cumin seed oil, the linoleic acid content is 50–60%, and the oleic acid content is 20–25%.
Our analysis results are completely within the natural reference range – with no indication of foreign oil components or quality defects.