Many scientists have found evidence that honey never goes bad.\u00a0 Pots of honey that have been sitting in tombs for hundreds of years were just as fresh as when they were made, according to the archaeologists who found them.\u00a0 Does this mean that honey never goes bad and will be delicious forever?<\/p>\n
It’s not quite that simple.\u00a0 Honey never goes bad as long as it’s sealed.\u00a0 Sealed honey has can remain untainted forever.\u00a0 It isn’t the only food that doesn’t go bad when it’s stored.\u00a0 Things like rice and sugar are also stable for an indefinite amount of time.\u00a0 However, there is one key difference between preserved honey and stored sugar.\u00a0 Honey is able to remain stable and unspoiled in it’s edible form.<\/p>\n
So is it wise to eat 100,000 year old honey?\u00a0 Researchers say it would taste and look like it did the very day it was put into the jar.\u00a0 Mind-blowing as it is, honey does not go bad, no matter how long it’s been stored.\u00a0 Turns out what makes honey so stable is also what makes it so delicious and beneficial.<\/p>\n
Honey never goes bad<\/strong><\/p>\n Honey that remains sealed never goes bad.\u00a0 Even honey that has been opened has a very low chance of spoiling or turning into a breeding ground for bacteria. Experts say the reason honey never goes bad is complex.\u00a0 The truth behind why honey never goes bad is because of what’s in the honey and how bees make it.<\/p>\n Honey never goes bad because it’s makeup essentially suffocates bacteria, insects and any other micro-organism that tries to live inside it. It contains very little water in it’s natural form and unless water and moisture is introduced, it will stay stable for years.\u00a0 In additional being low on the water bacteria needs to thrive, honey is also very acidic.\u00a0 So acidic (between 3 and 4.5 on the ph scale) in fact that it actually kills anything that tries to live inside it.<\/p>\n Honey never goes bad because bees are amazing<\/strong><\/p>\n Natural and raw honey contains a perfect storm for longevity and preservation.\u00a0 It contains very little water and is quite acidic but those two things aren’t the only thing working in favor of the honey.\u00a0 Bees consume nectar which is mostly water.\u00a0 Inside their stomach, their system breaks down the nectar into gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide.\u00a0 This hydrogen peroxide works inside the honey in the same that it works when humans use it on wounds.<\/p>\n For this and many other reasons, honey has been used for it’s medicinal properties around the globe.\u00a0 Honey never goes bad because of the same reasons it’s a valuable resource to many humans.\u00a0 The way honey is made and what it contains creates an environment that makes it nearly impossible for bacteria and micro-organisms to grow.\u00a0 This means that honey will keep forever – as long as it’s sealed.<\/p>\n This isn’t the case for all honey though.\u00a0 Once it’s opened, the opportunity for moisture to seep in and cause bacteria to grow increases.\u00a0 Honey never goes bad as long as it’s sealed but eating honey that has been left open could still be risky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many scientists have found evidence that honey never goes bad.\u00a0 Pots of honey that have been sitting in tombs for hundreds of years were just as fresh as when they were made, according to the archaeologists who found them.\u00a0 Does this mean that honey never goes bad and will be delicious forever? It’s not quite that simple.\u00a0 Honey never goes bad as long as it’s sealed.\u00a0 Sealed honey has can remain untainted forever.\u00a0 It isn’t the only food that doesn’t go bad when it’s stored.\u00a0 Things like rice and sugar are also stable for an indefinite amount of time.\u00a0 However, there is one key difference between preserved honey and stored sugar.\u00a0 Honey is able to remain stable and unspoiled in it’s edible form. So is it wise to eat 100,000 year old honey?\u00a0 Researchers say it would taste and look like it did the very day it was put into the jar.\u00a0 Mind-blowing as it is, honey does not go bad, no matter how long it’s been stored.\u00a0 Turns out what makes honey so stable is also what makes it so delicious and beneficial. Honey never goes bad Honey that remains sealed never goes bad.\u00a0 Even honey that has been opened has a very low chance of spoiling or turning into a breeding ground for bacteria. Experts say the reason honey never goes bad is complex.\u00a0 The truth behind why honey never goes bad is because of what’s in the honey and how bees make it. Honey never goes bad because it’s makeup essentially suffocates bacteria, insects and any other micro-organism that tries to live inside it. It contains very little water in it’s natural form and unless water and moisture is introduced, it will stay stable for years.\u00a0 In additional being low on the water bacteria needs to thrive, honey is also very acidic.\u00a0 So acidic (between 3 and 4.5 on the ph scale) in fact that it actually kills anything that tries to live inside it. Honey never goes bad because bees are amazing Natural and raw honey contains a perfect storm for longevity and preservation.\u00a0 It contains very little water and is quite acidic but those two things aren’t the only thing working in favor of the honey.\u00a0 Bees consume nectar which is mostly water.\u00a0 Inside their stomach, their system breaks down the nectar into gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide.\u00a0 This hydrogen peroxide works inside the honey in the same that it works when humans use it on wounds. For this and many other reasons, honey has been used for it’s medicinal properties around the globe.\u00a0 Honey never goes bad because of the same reasons it’s a valuable resource to many humans.\u00a0 The way honey is made and what it contains creates an environment that makes it nearly impossible for bacteria and micro-organisms to grow.\u00a0 This means that honey will keep forever – as long as it’s sealed. This isn’t the case for all honey though.\u00a0 Once it’s opened, the opportunity for moisture to seep in and cause bacteria to grow increases.\u00a0 Honey never goes bad as long as it’s sealed but eating honey that has been left open could still be risky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-food","category-myths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":550,"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549\/revisions\/550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}