Pass The Honey is a US-based consumer packaged goods company founded in 2018 by Douglas Raggio, specializing in individually portioned, raw, unfiltered honeycomb sourced from regenerative beekeepers. The brand champions honey purity and transparency, partnering with smallholder beekeepers globally — primarily in Turkey — to deliver authentic honeycomb snacks that bypass the widespread fraud found in liquid honey.

The Beekeeper's Story

Pass The Honey was founded in 2018 by Douglas Raggio, a former food & beverage investor, after discovering the rampant fraud in the liquid honey industry — where nearly 80% of retail honey is adulterated with processed sugars. Raggio envisioned a company that went directly to the source of honey: the honeycomb itself, which cannot be faked or adulterated. Unable to source clean honeycomb domestically due to pesticide bioaccumulation from commercial beekeeping practices, he partnered with a US-based importer working with third-generation Turkish beekeepers. Pass The Honey developed its own 'Regenerative Beekeeping Production Standards' and established the Regenerative Apiculture Working Group (RAWG) alongside academic institutions including UC Davis researchers. The company holds patents for individually portioned honeycomb globally, sells through national retailers like Kroger and Safeway, and has committed to creating, restoring, and enhancing seven million acres of pollinator habitat in North America by 2035.