Meridian Organic Blackstrap Molasses 600g

Author: Jenster

Rating: 5

Review: This stuff is quite runny - is it real organic Blackstrap molasses? won't buy it from this seller again. For those who don't know, "blackstrap" molasses (BSM) is the third boiling of sugar cane, so its got loads of super-concentrated vitamins and minerals in it, which is why its usually treacle-thick. Do try to get unsulphured if you can - but ALWAYS go for organic, to maximise the health benefits. I mix 1 tablespoon into a mug of piping-hot cocoa, once a day. I read some good things (on Earthclinic) about BSM being used for bloodless medicine / transfusions in specialist Australian hospital wards - they feed one tablespoon of BSM mixed with peanut butter to anaemic patients, three times a day. I personally wouldn't ruin good peanut butter with the taste of molasses, I find it better as a drink. I don't much like the taste (its kind of licquoricey - I don't like licquorice), but the health benefits of BSM are too good to miss. I still take multivitamins, but I consider BSM to be a good booster / catalyst for the tablets. Many years ago, I used to blend a whole unwaxed, organic lemon to a pulp (pips, skin, everything), mix in 1-2 tablespoons of BSM with a tiny splash of hot water, and eat it with a spoon - as a weekly 'womb cleanse'. That was a tip from a friend, who was recovering from cervical cancer. Yes, it tasted FOUL - but it did speed up my recovery time from periods. I just kinda fell out of the habit, through 'tastebud vanity'. I recently returned to drinking BSM, to help treat Fibroids - along with cider vinegar, cold-pressed organic flaxseed oil, abdominal castor oil packs / poultices (as recommended by Claire Marie Miller), Lugol's iodine solution & Niacin/B3 (the 'flush effect' one). It seems to have done the trick, in record time - symptoms gone, no more apocalyptic periods, body temperature settling down. Very glad I said no to the surgery! Beware of BSM spiking your blood sugar, if you're diabetic - I'm insulin resistant, so I also drink a tumbler of water with some unfiltered cider vinegar in it with each meal, to counteract the 'spike'. It really works for me. Like black garlic and brewer's yeast, BSM is an unsung hero of the food-based, bioavailable vitamin world. Bonne chance on your health journey! :O)

Author: Angeln

Rating: 3

Review: I don’t know what to make of this product. I chose a three-jar pack, drawn by the price, then promptly gave two unopened jars away when I began to question its authenticity. If I sound like I know what I’m talking about, or a seasoned molasses consumer, rest assured I don’t and I’m not. I’ve had plenty of molasses over the years though, so I think I know what it should taste like, and this - to me - tastes only slightly like something it should taste like. The smell I cannot describe except to call it off-putting. The flavour approximates - sort of - what you’d expect of molasses but not in a good way. Then there’s the texture, which is far from smooth. It’s actually grainy, even crunchy, and in some cases almost lumpy, like sugar crystals were added to boost the sweetness. Meridian operate to a price point and ‘fair trade’ might indicate a production process we aren’t familiar with in this part of the world, so nothing untoward perhaps, just different. Three stars then on grounds of value for money since my experience isn’t replicated among other buyers to judge from the reviews, where complaints are mostly confined to botched deliveries. But this is the oddest molasses I’ve ever had in my life and although it might just be me I shan’t be ordering again and cannot recommend. UPDATE: I transferred the contents of the one jar I kept to a screw top bottle. I wanted to be able to pour the stuff rather than scoop out spoonfuls at a time. I couldn’t shift it. I got most of it out but in the end I had to invert the bottle and leave it overnight, hoping the remainder would drain to the neck, which some of it did only to solidify and block the opening, so I couldn't empty it anyway. The rest stayed on the bottom in the form of a thick layer of black cement about an inch or two deep. It wouldn't budge so I just gave up. I punched a hole in the goo around the neck and filled the bottle with hot water, put the top back on and then waited for the solvent effect of H2O do its work. It took THREE DAYS to loosen and finally dissolve the sludge. Maybe that’s a sign of quality I don’t know, but what in heaven’s name I’ve been ingesting I can’t imagine.