> That it is actually better for you?

Nutritionally, honey isn't that different from sucrose, so no. It's like the HFCS vs sucrose argument; they're basically the same, and you're still eating sugar.

I do actually buy local farm honey, though. It's incredible how you can see and taste difference in monofloral honey.

Mind explaining how it tastes different? I'm curious as to what the difference is.

Think of the difference between a Vienna sausage, bratwurst and chorizo.

Consistency, smell, flavor varies a lot, same for the honey depending on what the bees "ate".

honey is enzymatically hydrolysed sugar, this means that what sucrose was present in the source nectar is converted to glucose and fructose, these are are much better for digestibility and metabolism.

  Sucrose is a very minor component of honey.

https://honeypedia.info/honey-ingredients-a-comprehensive-li...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey

i'm pretty far from a crazy hippie, but i always buy local honey when i can - local honeys always have more interesting flavours, don't cost any more than generic grocery store honey does, and are relatively easy to find. there's not really any downside.

Honey is mostly sugar, there isn't anything "better" about it.

Honey contains traces of pollen. If consuming honey from your region, it might help against hay fever.