Raw honey: Raw honey comes is extracted directly from the honeycomb. It's raw, unprocessed, and unpasteurized. If you can find honey locally, it's said that the pollen it contains can help strengthen your immune system and maybe help with pollen allergies (like a sweet, tasty allergy shot!). Raw honey is quite thick, can be a bit cloudy, and may contain bits of honeycomb. The color and clarity of each honey vary, depending on where the bees sourced their pollen. Regular honey: Regular, or pasteurized honey, is clear and smooth. Pasteurization improves the honey’s appearance, increases its shelf-life, and kills any present yeast. If you're looking at commercially bottled honey, do check the ingredients. Many contain added sweeteners such as corn syrup, so you may not be dealing with a 100% pure product. Additionally, it's thought that some of the benefits of natural honey are lost in the processing/pasteurizing process - things like bee pollen (which has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties) and vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. If you're unable to find pure, raw honey locally, don't fret. There are some very good options at your local grocer. Just watch the labels.