The usefulness of honey is known to everyone, since this natural product has healing properties. It is used for various diseases as an additional treatment. With the constant use of honey, an increase in immunity, restoration of strength and an improvement in the general condition of the body are noted. However, if the product is kept under inappropriate conditions, it may lose some useful properties. Also, taste may be affected. Storage of honey at home requires compliance with certain rules, the main points of which we will try to cover in this article.
Product Storage Tanks
Storage of honey at home implies a product content in which its properties will not be lost:
- Anti-inflammatory.
- Bactericidal.
- Enveloping.
- Restorative and others.
It is recommended to contain a natural product in such containers:
- Hardwood barrels.
- Tin cans, dishes from aluminum or stainless steel.
- Glazed ceramic products.
- Glass containers.
It is not recommended to put honey in containers made of copper, lead, zinc, iron, and you can not store it in oak products.
Honey room
Storage of honey at home causes the preparation of a special room for these purposes. It is better to take into account such moments:
- The room must be maintained at a constant temperature (0–10 ° C) with a humidity of not more than 70%.
- The absence of extraneous odors, that is, it is impossible to place products such as salt, oil and others even with very well-clogged dishes with honey. It is especially impossible to store it in the vicinity of fuels and lubricants and other chemicals.
- The room should be well ventilated, and at the same time, direct sunlight should not fall on the honey. Therefore, it is better to use opaque containers.
Since this product is highly hygroscopic, it can quickly absorb moisture from the environment and other substances. As a result, keeping honey in the refrigerator is not recommended.
Storage Highlights
Honey in honeycombs can be stored as long as you like. At the same time, fungi and mold are destroyed by substances contained in the composition of the product itself and the natural "container". In this case, the optimal conditions that prescribe the rules for storing honey are as follows: temperature - about 5 ° C, air humidity - about 60%.
It is noted that honey can absorb moisture from the environment even in closed vessels with a vapor content in the air of more than 70%. If the value of this indicator is below 30%, then the product, on the contrary, releases water particles.
It is forbidden to contain honey at temperatures above 15 ° C, since in this case acid reactions begin to occur in its composition. And when heated to 40 ° C, vitamins and other substances are destroyed, and the natural product itself loses its healing properties.
Storage of honey at home is best done under optimal conditions. At the same time, the product will not lose its beneficial qualities, thanks to which it is such a valuable product of "natural masters" - bees.