Kashmiri Sidr Honey" — There Is No Such Thing
Every day, hundreds of sellers across India are listing something called "Kashmiri Sidr Honey." It sounds premium. It sounds rare. It sells at high prices.But here is the truth
Sidr honey is not Kashmiri honey.
Sidr honey comes from a tree that grows in Yemen, Arabia, and Pakistan's desert regions. It needs dry, hot, desert conditions to survive. Kashmir is cold, snowy, and sits at high altitude. The Sidr tree has never naturally grown here and never will.
So what are these sellers actually selling?
Most of the time it is regular honey — sometimes from outside Kashmir, sometimes even imported — just relabelled with the word "Kashmiri" to charge a higher price. The customer pays a premium thinking they are getting something rare from the mountains of Kashmir. They are not.
This is not a mistake. It is a deliberate fraud.
Kashmir has its own world-class honeys that deserve recognition — Solai honey, Acacia honey, alpine multifloral honey. These are real. These come from real flowers, real beekeepers, and real Kashmiri forests. They do not need a borrowed name to sound expensive.
When you buy honey labelled "Kashmiri Sidr," you are most likely buying a lie.
At Al Zareen, we do things differently.
Every honey we sell clearly states whether it is Kashmiri or not. If it is from Kashmir, we tell you exactly where. If it is not, we say that too. No false labels. No borrowed reputations.
Because real honey does not need to lie...