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Postbiotics are naturally occurring bioactive compounds that appear after probiotic bacteria digests and breaks down prebiotic food in your digestive system. To help you visualise how it all works: prebiotics are the ‘food’, probiotics are the micro-organisms, and postbiotics are the resulting beneficial components of the ‘food’ being consumed.
Postbiotics play an active role in our overall gut health- many of the positive effects for gut health that we tend to atrribute to probiotics are actually linked to postbiotics. By consuming postbiotics, it allows for the immediate delivery of beneficial metabolites into your body. This fast tracks the metabolic process of prebiotics and probiotics to release postbiotics, allowing your body to start building better gut health sooner. Meluka Australia’s P3 Gut Builder is a triple action postbiotic that can help rapidly build gut health and boost your wellbeing in one easy, daily health shot. It's made from prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics using a unique slow fermentation process to produce beneficial bioactive compounds that are ready for direct delivery to your gut. The P3 Gut Builder contains our Lactobacillus rhamnosus Beebiotic MAP01™ probiotic, which has been derived from beehives on our organic farm in the pristine Bungawalbin Valley in Northern NSW. This strain was studied by our scientists for years and has been linked with well-known studies to increase gut microbial diversity. Combined with our nutritious raw honey, inulin (which are natural prebiotics), seven strains of probiotics and two postbiotics, you have a powerful triple-action postbiotic gut-building tonic.
Probiotics are commonly referred to as the ‘good’ bacteria, but in reality it’s all about getting your gut health balanced. Probiotics are a combination of live bacteria and yeasts that live naturally in the human body. These living strains of bacteria work their magic in your digestive system, and the easiest way to build up your gut’s probiotic population is by eating the right foods or supplements. There’s an entire ecosystem of bacteria that lives in your gut – there are actually more bacterial cells here than there are human cells in your entire body. That’s why you need to ensure you’re keeping your good bacteria at the right levels for ongoing health.
A deliciously easy way to get a healthy dose of probiotics is Meluka’s Raw Honey Probiotic Concentrate. It is bio-fermented with six multi-strain probiotics and six billion CFUs per serve and goes great in juices, smoothies and salad dressings.
We recommend a 15ml serve daily. Please note that unless recommended by your health practitioner, we do not recommend having more than 15ml of either in a day.
Enjoy it daily as a health shot, add it to chilled still or sparkling water. You can also add it to juice or smoothies. We do not recommend adding it to warm beverages or heating above 40°c.
Meluka Australia is our brand name and the word Meluka is derived from ‘Melaleuca Alternifolia’ - the botanical name of the species of tea tree which has been growing on our property in Bungawalbin Valley in the Northern Rivers of NSW. This area has been identified as the birthplace of Melaleuca Alternifolia.
Manuka Honey is produced from bees that harvest from the Leptospermum Scoparium species of Tea Tree. This species is native to New Zealand and the East Coast of Australia.
Bees harvesting on ancient mother trees that have evolved over thousands of years and holds an abundance of both active and medicinal properties. These active and medicinal properties express themselves through the honey produced by these healthy bees.
Meluka Honey can be understood as a multi-active honey, meaning it contains multiple levels of activity. This is best summarised by Dr David Rudd who completed extensive research on our Tea Tree Honey:
"A honey with mild monoterpene levels but rich in phenolics could be promoted as a honey that combines the best of Manuka (anti-microbial) with the natural anti-oxidant rich activity of tea tree plants. Tea trees lives in microbial rich and oxidatively imbalanced terrains, swamp like country, which makes the plant express high levels of natural anti-oxidants and anti-microbials to survive in this wet environment. A honey that takes advantage of these natural attributes could be viewed as a ‘combined activity honey’ or a ‘multi-active honey’.
MGO and UMF rating systems have been developed by Manuka honey producing companies and are specific to honey which is produced from the Leptospermum Scoparium species of tea tree. This rating system tests methylglyoxal which is the compound which makes Manuka Honey special. Since Meluka Australia's Tea Tree Honey is produced from Melaleuca Alternifolia species, the compounds are different and therefore MGO and UMF rating systems are of no use.
The compounds which make Meluka Australia's honey special are the monoterpene levels combined with phenolics and results in a multi-active honey rich in anti-oxidant, anti-microbial and anti-bacterial properties.
Meluka Australia's honey products are completely unpasteurized and unfiltered to remain just as our bees intended, so if your honey does set, please be assured that this is a natural process and attributable to pure, raw unprocessed honey.
To return your honey to liquid form, simply place your jar in warm water for 15 minutes. Also, ensure you store your honey in a cool area away from direct sunlight.
Hemp seeds are the seeds of a variety of the cannabis sativa plant species, minus the psychoactive compound found in marijuana. Health benefits include a high amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids such as Omega 3s and 6s, as well as a high quality of digestible, gluten free protein. Fibre, Minerals, Vitamin E, B Vitamins including folate and Vitamin D3 are a few other health benefits of this potent plant.
Our tea tree extract is ethically wild crafted from the leaves of the mother trees residing in the old growth area of our farm. Our tea tree extract is an aqueous (water based, not oil based) extract which, unlike tea tree oil, is safe to consume while still delivering the signature anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties of tea tree.
Due to domestic bio-security restrictions, we are unable to ship our raw honey following to Western Australia. Our Probiotic and Postbiotic beverage ranges and all other non-honey related products are available to ship to Western Australia.
Raw honey can best be described as honey “as it exists in the beehive”. It is cold extracted and unpasturised to retain the beneficial enzymes, nutrients and antioxidants found in bee pollen that can help support your immune system. The glossy, regular golden honey you tend to find on most store shelves is produced in a much more complicated way, undergoing both pasteurisation and filtration before bottling. Pasturisation removes a lot of honey's natural aromas, yeasts and enzymes as well as the dietary antioxidants and anti-inflammatory effects that are present in raw honey. The honey is heated up to at least 70°C and then cooled down very quickly. This is done to make the honey look more attractive, clear, and as close to perfect as possible! The honey effectively becomes more fluid and turns transparent, which ends up making the pasteurised honey easier to filter and gives it a longer shelf life.
Raw honey contains natural bee pollen, the lack of pasteurisation means the honey keeps all its anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties. Raw honey also contains small amounts of vitamins and minerals to support overall good health, including: Niacin, Riboflavin, Pantothenic Acid, Calcium, Magnesium, Manganese, Potassium, Phosphorus and Zinc.
Organic honey is harvested from bees that forage in flora is grown according to organic farming practises, free from the use of man-made fertilisers, pesticides, and GMOs. Foraging in the pristine environment of the Bungawalbin Valley keeps our bees healthy and producing superior honey. Our unforgettably delicious organic raw honey is Australian and USDA Certified Organic.