Nairobi, July 16 -- The sweetness of your favourite 'pure honey' may not be entirely the result of bees painstakingly converting flower nectar into the natural sweetener.

Instead, it could also be the work of crafty manufacturers concocting substances that give it the sweetness of natural honey.

A nationwide investigation into the honey industry by the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) found that four out of every five sampled brands contained additives despite being labelled and marketed as "100 percent pure and natural honey", opening a probe into yet another case of false and misleading advertising and consumer deception.

The findings, contained in the CAK's annual report for the financial year ended June 2025, followed laborator...