"Please call me Acacia Honey now"

Published 2025년 6월 10일

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Following the Korea-Vietnam FTA and tariff reduction measures, Vietnamese honey imports are surging, and there is a growing demand for improvement as Vietnamese honey derived from entirely different tree species is being sold under the same name as domestic honey, which accounts for about 70% of the market. The issue concerns 'Acacia honey'. According to the Rural Development Administration, Livestock Products Quality Evaluation Institute, and Korea Beekeeping Association, the commonly known domestic 'Acacia honey' is technically called 'Akashi honey', derived from flowers of the Robinia tree belonging to the rose order, legume family, and Robinia genus, with Akashi flowers initially resembling

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Unlike Vietnamese 'Acacia Honey' Domestic Honey Trees Are Robinia Clear Nomenclature Usage, Differentiation Needed Livestock Evaluation Institute, Rural Development Administration Step Up Awareness Following the Korea-Vietnam FTA and tariff reduction measures, Vietnamese honey import volumes have surged, with Vietnamese honey produced from entirely different tree species being sold under the same name as domestic honey, which accounts for approximately 70% of the market volume. This refers to 'Acacia Honey'. According to the Rural Development Administration, Livestock Products Quality Evaluation Institute, and Korea Beekeeping Association, the commonly known domestic 'Acacia Honey' is actually precisely called 'Robinia Honey'. It is honey collected from flowers of the 'Robinia' tree, belonging to the Rosales order-Fabaceae family-Faboideae subfamily-Robinia genus, with flowers initially in a shoe-like shape that later hang like white grape clusters. In contrast, Vietnamese 'Acacia ...

Source: Agrinet