Apicare is healing honey skin care produced by Honey & Herbs (N.Z.), a New Zealand owned and operated company. Each product contains natural plant oils and antioxidant vitamins, are hypo-allergenic and ph balanced, are not tested on animals and no animal ingredients. The UMF 16+ Manuka honey that has been tested and certified as active, with no mineral oils and no added colours in our skin care. New Zealand Manuka honey is unique to New Zealand and is collected by the bees from the native Manuka tree. There are many great things about Manuka honey, firstly, Active Manuka honey is a natural anti oxidant and helps act as an anti inflammatory agent for sensitive skin. It is highly moisturising and helps improve cell regeneration, has natural anti bacterial ability and helps to improve skin texture and retain moisture in the skin.