Evidence
“Supports” is a deliberate word.
MelliVet® would rather hand a practice a reference pack and a plain summary than a bold promise. Below is how we separate what the literature backs from what it doesn’t — because that distinction is what a buyer is actually assessing.
Where each claim sits
Four statements, and the honest position on each.
A claim is only useful if you know how far it runs. These are the four we are most often asked about.
Supported
Mānuka honey's activity is measurable and can be labelled.
The compounds responsible are quantifiable, which is what allows a lot to carry a rating rather than a description. This is the basis for grading at all.
Supported
Honey dressings have been studied in wound management for decades.
There is a long, mixed literature — reviews, bench work and clinical series. It is substantial enough that a buyer should be able to read it, not take our word for it.
Not claimed
A graded honey suits every wound, every species, every protocol.
Evidence varies by indication and by model. Any supplier who says a product fits every situation is describing a brochure, not a literature.
Never claimed
This tube cures, or guarantees, a clinical outcome.
Nothing here asserts a cure or an outcome. Clinical decisions rest with the treating veterinarian, on the patient in front of them.
A note on language
If a sentence could be read as a guarantee, we rewrite it.
That is not caution for its own sake. A practice needs wording it can put in front of a client and defend, and a supplier who overstates once loses the benefit of every doubt after that.
Traditional use is labelled as such.
Where a use rests on long-standing practice rather than controlled study, this site says so. It is a legitimate reason to consider a product; it is not the same claim as a trial result, and pretending otherwise is how categories lose credibility.