How to tell if honey is expired and can t be eaten

Pure honey does not have an expiration date, bottled honey expiration does not mean spoilage, the shelf life of honey on the market is usually 18 months to 2 years, because honey in the market circulation belongs to the category of food, so it will be marked with a certain shelf life, in fact, the so-called shelf life is the best time to eat, but it does not mean that honey spoils.

Spoiled honey is easy to judge and generally smells alcoholic and has a lot of bubbles.

The shelf life of honey on the market is usually 18 months or 2 years, but honey is different from other foods, many foods will spoil after the expiration date, and honey beyond the expiration date does not mean that the honey has gone bad.

Therefore, some honey can be eaten after expiration if it is well preserved, but it is recommended to consume it as soon as possible before the expiration date. In addition, it is necessary to judge whether it has deteriorated, if the honey has a thick layer of bubbles, smells of putrid sourness and alcohol, then the honey has spoiled and is not suitable for consumption.

Here's how to tell if honey has expired:

1. The taste becomes sour.

Once the honey is spoiled, its chemical and physical properties will change, and the honey can be clearly felt to have a sour smell, indicating that the honey has deteriorated and cannot be eaten.

2. It becomes very thin.

Normal honey is very viscous and very compact, and when the honey becomes very thin, it means that it has deteriorated and cannot be eaten.

3. Green tea inspection.

Prepare the brewed green tea, pour the honey into the cup, stir well with a spoon, if the liquid turns black, it means that the honey has spoiled and cannot be eaten.

4. Check the nutritional value.

Observe whether there are many gray bubbles on the honey, if there are many gray bubbles on the honey, it means that a part of the organic matter in the honey is decomposed, fermented and bubbled, and turned into gas overflow, at this time, even if the honey has not deteriorated, but the nutritional value has been reduced, it is not recommended to eat.

Honey Profile:

Honey, also known as sweet honey, is susceptible to contamination by Clostridium botulinum. It is a supersaturated solution of honey and sugar made by bees. It crystallizes at low temperatures. It is glucose that produces crystals, and the part that does not crystallize is mainly fructose.

In April 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued and implemented the newly revised detailed rules for the review of bee product production licenses, which prohibits honey, royal jelly (including royal jelly freeze-dried products) and bee pollen with no other substances, and bee products produced with honey as raw materials are not allowed to add starch sugar, syrup, and sugar.

When bees make honey, the ** of the "processing raw materials" it collects is mainly nectar from the nectar source, but when the nectar source is missing, the bees will also collect nectar or honeydew, so we divide honey into natural honey and nectar honey.

Natural honey is made by bees collecting nectar. They are ** in the flower nectar gland of the plant or in the outer nectar gland, usually the honey we call is natural honey, and because of the different nectar source plants, it is divided into a variety of single nectar as the main body of a certain plant flowering period, such as orange nectar, linden honey, lychee honey, black locust honey, milk vetch honey, rape honey, jujube nectar, wild osmanthus nectar, etc.

Manna honey is honey made by bees collecting honeydew or insect metabolites (i.e. nectar) from the leaves or stems of plants, and aphids absorb the sap of the plant through the action of the digestive system, absorb the protein and sugar in it, and then excrete the excess sugar and water and sprinkle it on the branches and leaves of the plant, and the bees use it as raw material to brew nectar honey.

The shelf life of honey on the market is usually 18 months or 2 years, and if you want to check if the honey has expired, you only need to check the expiration date on the package.

However, honey is different from other foods, and honey exceeding its expiration date does not mean that the honey has become residue and contains quality. Mature honey has a water content of less than 20% and is rich in acids and high concentrations of sugars, so if it is stored properly, some honey can continue to be eaten after expiration. However, some honey can also deteriorate, and the spoiled honey will appear with a thick layer of bubbles, which will smell like a smile and have a putrid sour and alcoholic taste.

If the upper layer of honey is old and produces a lot of foam, and it smells sour and smelly, it means that the honey has fermented and deteriorated and cannot be eaten.

Honey is the nectar or secretion of plants collected by bees, which is fully brewed and belongs to the category of food. Food products have an expiration date, and honey is no exception. Honey on the market usually has a shelf life of 18 months or 2 years, so if you want to know if honey has expired, just check the expiration date on the package.

However, honey is different from other foods, many foods will spoil after the expiration date, and honey beyond the expiration date does not mean that honey has gone bad. Honey after spoilage is not recommended for consumption, as it contains a large number of microorganisms.

A brief review of honey

Honey is a natural sweet substance that bees harvest from the flowers of flowering plants and brew them in the hive, with a rich smell and a pure and sweet taste. Honey is a supersaturated solution of sugar, with fructose, glucose, and water as the main nutrients, as well as various vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. At low temperature, the part that produces crystalline fissure is mainly glucose, and the part that does not produce crystallization is mainly fructose.

Natural honey is made by bees collecting nectar from flowers, and they are ** in the flower nectar glands of plants or in the outer nectar glands. Usually what we call honey is natural honey, and because of different nectar source plants, it is divided into various single nectars with a certain plant flowering period as the main body. Such as orange nectar, linden honey, lychee honey, black locust honey, milk vetch honey, rape honey, jujube nectar, wild osmanthus nectar, longan honey, wild chrysanthemum nectar, wolf tooth honey, etc.

Many foods cannot be consumed after they have expired, but whether the expired honey can be drunk or not depends entirely on God or whether it has spoiled.

If the honey has not deteriorated, it can be continued to eat, and if the honey has deteriorated, it should not be eaten. In general, expired honey rarely spoils when well preserved, as mature honey has a water content of less than 20% and contains acids and high concentrations of sugars.

However, it is still recommended to consume the honey before the expiration date.

How to tell if honey is expired and can't be eaten:

1. A large amount of foaming.

The principle is that when microorganisms metabolize the sugars in honey, carbon dioxide will be released, and when carbon dioxide overflows from honey, it will produce a large number of bubbles in honey, but it is normal to shake the honey vigorously to produce a small amount of bubbles and the bubbles can dissipate by themselves after standing for a few hours.

Second, it smells of alcohol.

If there is only a slight alcoholic taste, the honey can be heated to 60 degrees to slow down the spoilage, but if the honey has a strong alcoholic taste, it indicates that it has completely spoiled.

3. It has a sour and rancid taste.

Honey can no longer be eaten when it has a sour taste, but if honey only has a slight sour taste, it is normal, in fact, honey itself contains a large amount of organic acids and other acidic substances.

How to preserve honey:

The preservation of honey should first pay attention to sealing, the main reason is that honey has strong water absorption, which can absorb moisture in the air, which can cause deterioration. When honey is not sealed, it will continuously absorb moisture in the air, and when the moisture content in honey exceeds 21%, the yeast in honey will grow and multiply in large quantities, and the phenomenon of deterioration will occur.

Therefore, when taking honey back and forth, it is necessary to screw the cap in time, and the spoon used to take the honey should be kept clean and dry to avoid bringing water into the honey. At the same time, the sealing can also prevent the honey from coming into contact with items with volatile odors, such as soap, gasoline, etc.

If the honey has gone bad, it should not be eaten.

The way to check whether the honey has deteriorated is very simple, you can understand that the taste and appearance of the spoiled honey have changed, the unspoiled honey smells like the aroma of the nectar source plant, the taste is sweet and delicate, mostly liquid, there are no bubbles on the surface, or there are small bubbles, shaking more, and the spoiled honey will have an alcohol taste, sometimes there is a putrid sour taste, and there will be a layer of large bubbles on the surface.

Hello, glad to answer for you. After the expiration date, you can observe whether the honey has deteriorated from the following aspects: 1. See whether the appearance has changed, such as the appearance of bubbles; 2. Smell the smell, such as sourness, etc.; 3. Taste the taste, whether the taste is different from before.

If the honey is bubbling, sour, or smelly, it means that the honey has been contaminated by microscopic dust chains and should be discarded. The main components in honey are glucose and fructose (65%-81%). If it is usually stored in a dry and well-ventilated place, even if it is opened for a long time, it is not easy to change the quality of the child.