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Honibe™ Honey Drop™ Named Top 10 Food & Beverage Idea for 2009 by Springwise.com. The Honey Drop is an individual serving (one teaspoon / 5 g.) of 100% pure dried honey without any additives. It is ideal for sweetening tea or coffee. Simply drop into a hot beverage and stir. You have all of the natural honey flavour without the usual honey mess. Read all the buzz here.

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Montague, PE, Canada - May 28, 2009 - Island Abbey Foods Ltd. today announced it had been named a Top 10 Food and Beverage Idea for 2009 by Springwise for its Honey Drop™ - A Honey You Can Hold – the world’s first non sticky honey. Springwise searches the globe to identify the world’s most promising business ventures, ideas and concepts that are ready for regional and international growth.

The Honey Drop™ solves a common problem: liquid honey can be messy. The Honey Drop™ is an individual serving (one teaspoon / 5 g.) of 100% pure dried honey without any additives. It is ideal for sweetening tea or coffee. Simply drop into a hot beverage and stir. You have all of the natural honey flavour without the usual honey mess.

“We are honored to be named as one of the top prospective businesses for growth for 2009 in the global marketplace in the food and beverage category for our Honibe™ – Honey Drop™,” stated John Rowe, President of Island Abbey Foods Ltd. “The Honey Drop™ is an extremely unique product as it is the first of its kind in the world. After 10 years of extensive research and testing to launch this product, it is great to see that honey lovers enjoy that they no longer have to deal with messy liquid honey for sweetening their coffee and tea.”

The Honey Drop™ comes in two flavours: pure honey and pure honey with lemon. The Honey Drop™ comes in boxes of 20 pieces. The Honey Drop™ is only 20 calories, has a shelf life of three years, and does not contain any artificial colouring, flavouring, or preservatives. The Honey Drop™ is a product of Prince Edward Island, Canada.

For more information and a link to the Springwise.com article please visit us on the web at www.Honibe.com.

About Island Abbey Foods Ltd.

Island Abbey Foods Ltd. is a specialty food producer based in Prince Edward Island, Canada. We are a 6th generation PEI agricultural family business with our feet firmly planted in our Island's bright red soil (ideal for farming with its high iron and nutrient content). Honibe™ (hon-ee-bee) brand honey is our line of all natural, specialty honey from PEI. We offer varietals as found on the mainland, as well as, a few local varietals that are unique to our Island. We also offer the Honey Drop™, the world's first 100% pure, no mess, non sticky honey and a better tasting sugar cube.

Media Inquiries:

Island Abbey Foods Ltd.

Graham Watts, Marketing Coordinator

Phone: 902-367-9722

Email: graham@honibe.com

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