Honees Faq

Yes. The honey is pasteurized to reduce the chance of fermentation and to delay granulation (like when a jar of honey crystalizes). To pasteurize our honey, it’s heated to 160°F and then quickly cooled.

There are 4 grams of sugar in each of our natural throat drops.

Yes, even though the glucose in HONEES™ is derived from wheat, all the gluten is removed in the process. We test our products regularly just to make sure!

Our HONEES™ which list menthol as an ingredient have less than 4.5 milligrams of menthol per drop.

We also have three menthol-free cough drops:

Original Honey-Filled Natural Throat Drops, in 20-count bags and 9-count bars.

Honey-Filled Natural Throat Drops with Ginger, in 20-count bags and 9-count bars. Milk and Honey Natural Throat Drops, in 9-count bars.

You can get HONEES™ throughout the USA in many supermarkets and drugstores and independent retailers. Many online retailers also offer our natural cough drops. Find stores near you plus e-commerce stores by entering your zip code in our Store Locator.

HONEES™ throat soothing cough drops are made in a small family-owned factory in northern Italy, in the foothills of the Alps. Beginning in 1923, the company’s first products were jars of pure honey from the family’s own beehives. In 1932 the first honey-filled cough drops began production, with each drop wrapped by hand! Today, the same family produces HONEES™ natural cough drops in the same (now modernized) factory.

Hazelnuts are used in the factory for other products. All of our lines are meticulously cleaned between production runs.

No, no peanuts are used for any of our products. It is a peanut-free facility.

Yes! Only pure liquid honey is used in our natural cough drops.

Yes! HONEES™ throat soothing natural cough drops have none of the ingredients cautioned against during pregnancy. As always, please check with your doctor.

Yes, HONEES™ natural cough drops contain absolutely nothing artificial.

Yes! Three flavors of HONEES™ throat soothing cough drops are without menthol. Original Honey Filled Natural Throat Drops, in 20-count bags and 9-count bars. Honey-Filled Natural Throat Drops with Ginger, in 20-count bags and 9-count bars. Milk and Honey Natural Throat Drops, in 9-count bars.