MGH™ — Medical Grade Honey
A best-in-class standard for Medical Grade honey beyond the food sector.
MGH™ is variety-agnostic. It applies to any honey with a therapeutic profile — Manuka, Jarrah, Sidr, Heather, Tualang, Buckwheat and beyond — used in advanced wound care, cosmetics, veterinary products, personal care and specialist consumer goods.
The gap
Why MGH was created.
Medical Grade Honey — MGH — was created in response to a recognised gap in the market for honey intended for use beyond the food sector.
Honey from different floral sources carries different therapeutic strengths — Manuka for its non-peroxide activity, Jarrah for its high hydrogen peroxide and low GI, Sidr and Heather for their long-documented use in traditional and clinical care. Yet there has historically been no clear, consistent quality standard defining when any honey is suitable for more demanding applications such as advanced wound care, cosmetics, veterinary products, personal care and specialist consumer goods. In these sectors, food-grade status alone is not sufficient. The requirements for traceability, testing, documentation, consistency and regulatory readiness are significantly higher.
MGH was developed to fill this gap with a best-in-class quality process designed for therapeutic honey of any variety, used in non-food and regulated environments.
How it works
MGH base standard — plus the add-ons your sector needs.
MGH applies a disciplined, evidence-led approach to honey selection, characterisation and control. Every batch meets the base standard first. From there, add-on testing, processing, sterilisation and regulatory support are layered on to match the specification, technical file or regulatory route your product is held to.
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MGH™
Base Standard
Sourcing controls
Defined origin, supplier qualification and chain-of-custody from hive onward.
Product characterisation
MGO, DHA, water activity, pH and the analytes that matter for the intended end use.
Independent testing
Specialist laboratories and testing partners — not self-declared quality.
Batch traceability
Every lot fully traceable through processing and supply.
Documentation review
Batch records, COA and SDS reviewed before release.
Suitability assessment
Fitness-for-purpose confirmed against the intended destination sector.
Non-negotiable · every batch
+ add-ons
+ add-ons
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Additional Testing
Bioburden, endotoxin, residue screening, microbiological limits, allergen panels and pharmacopoeial-aligned methods — selected against the destination use.
02
Extra Processing
Filtration, conditioning and handling steps performed at processors operating to the highest standards — matched to your finished-product specification.
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Sterilisation Support
Gamma-compatible specification, validated post-sterilisation activity retention and bioburden control for sterile finished devices.
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Regulatory Support
Dossier-ready documentation aligned to MDR, FDA 510(k), cosmetic safety (PIF) and veterinary product stewardship requirements.
Who we work with
Recognised partners, independent oversight.
MGH is delivered in collaboration with recognised industry experts, independent laboratories, specialist testing partners and processors operating to the highest standards.
The process takes therapeutic honey — Manuka, Jarrah, Sidr, Heather or any other variety with a credible activity profile — out of its original agricultural and food-based context and applies the standards required to make it suitable for higher value, higher responsibility applications.
Whether the honey is intended for advanced wound care, cosmetics, veterinary products, personal care or other specialist applications, MGH provides a structured framework to support confidence, transparency and quality assurance — regardless of floral source.
As regulatory and customer expectations continue to rise — particularly in sectors influenced by MDR, FDA 510(k), cosmetic safety and product stewardship requirements — MGH offers manufacturers and brand owners a practical route to using therapeutic honey of any variety with greater confidence.
Sector requirements
One standard. Layered to your specification.
Different sectors place different demands on a honey ingredient. The MGH™ standard is designed to extend — further testing, further processing and additional documentation can be incorporated to meet the specification, technical file or regulatory requirements of your market.
Built on the MGH™ base standard
Medical Grade & Wound Care
Sterilisation compatibility, bioburden control, endotoxin testing, stability data and device-grade documentation to support CE / UKCA / 510(k) technical files.
Built on the MGH™ base standard
OTC & Pharmaceutical
Pharmacopoeial-aligned testing, residue and contaminant screening, GMP-aligned batch records and supporting data for monograph or marketing-authorisation dossiers.
Built on the MGH™ base standard
Cosmetic & Skincare
Cosmetic ingredient documentation, microbiological limits, allergen and contaminant testing, and PIF-ready safety information for EU/UK cosmetic regulations.
Built on the MGH™ base standard
Veterinary
Species-appropriate specifications, residue screening and traceability documentation suited to veterinary medicinal product and topical preparation requirements.
Applications
Suitable across a wide range of sectors.
Bulk supply partner
Clinihoney® — MGH™ honey for industry.
Clinihoney® is the registered trademark and quality mark for Medical Grade Honey supplied in bulk to the cosmetic, wound care and veterinary industries — manufactured to the MGH™ specification published on this site, across whichever therapeutic variety the formulation calls for.
See the principal honey varieties qualifying as MGH™, or how MGH™ aligns with Medihoney, Therahoney, Revamil/Bfactor and Surgihoney in our product comparison.
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Clinihoney®
Batch-tested, fully traceable therapeutic honey — Manuka, Jarrah and other qualifying varieties — supplied with Certificates of Analysis, Safety Data Sheets and the documentation your dossier needs.
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