Today we will not focus on the useful, and sometimes simply invaluable qualities of honey. Its properties to treat people deserve a separate description. The focus of our attention is the question of how long the shelf life of honey is.
You can often hear the opinion that the longer this product is stored, the weaker its beneficial properties for the human body become. Nothing like this! Real (natural) honey with proper storage over the years only enhances its positive properties to affect people's health. Not so long ago, archaeological scientists when excavating Egyptian pyramids accidentally revealed that honey can have an unlimited shelf life. Imagine a product that stood hermetically closed in a cool dark, and after millennia has not lost its unique properties. Moreover, it was suitable for consumption!
Based on this, we conclude that honey, as a good wine, the longer it costs, the more useful it becomes. However, for this you need to follow certain storage rules for the product. So, for honey to have an almost unlimited shelf life , you need to provide it with certain conditions.
- Glass containers required. If you bought natural honey in a plastic bowl, immediately transfer it to a glass container. Make sure that the honey whose expiration date you want to maximize is closed with a sealed lid.
- Store honey in a cool place (up to +15 degrees), but not in the refrigerator. There he may soon wander.
- Direct sunlight destroys the antimicrobial activity of honey and its vitamins.
- Isolate the product from foreign odors (smoked meats, spices, pickles, etc.).
If you follow these simple rules, your honey is threatened with time except to be eaten, but not spoiled. However, keep in mind that only the shelf life of natural honey is relevant to all of the above. Therefore, if you buy in a supermarket a jar of this product, which says that its shelf life, for example, is one year, you can have no doubt about its artificiality. Even if the manufacturer claims that it is natural.
It is difficult to distinguish
artificial honey from the real one. Even harder is not to buy a natural product diluted with sugar, starch, and in some cases, chalk. If possible, buy honey only from trusted manufacturers, because often you can distinguish a real product from an artificial one only during storage.
Remember, natural honey will be sugared over time. Therefore, if in January you are trying to sell it in liquid form, assuring that it is real - do not believe it, this is a hoax. Exception - honey from chestnut or white acacia. But, firstly, it is much less common than the rest, therefore it costs more, and secondly, it is still prone to crystallization, just a little slower. Unnatural honey, the shelf life of which, as a rule, does not exceed a year, can be used as food or as the basis for desserts. But to rely on the fact that it is somehow useful for the body is stupid. It was created at best on the basis of sugar, the usefulness of which for the human body is very doubtful.