Will honey go bad if the weather is too hot?

Drinking a glass of honey water on a hot summer day is quite beneficial. It can not only replenish the water lost by the human body, but also help reduce heat and toxins in the body. In summer, most food can spoil easily, but honey is different. Good honey has relatively less water content, so it is not conducive to the growth of bacteria and is not easy to spoil. If honey goes bad easily in the summer, it is probably due to the poor quality of the honey itself.

In fact, drinking honey when the weather is hot is very good. It can clear away heat and relieve summer heat.

Good honey will not deteriorate when it is hot. The characteristic of natural honey is that it becomes thinner when exposed to heat, so it gives consumers a big illusion that water has been added to the honey or the honey is impure, or the honey is spoiled, etc. In fact, this is not the case. It is just a characteristic of natural honey. Honey cannot be added with water, and honey with water will go bad immediately.

Another strong characteristic of southern honey in hot weather is that it will produce bloating and foam after being bottled. I would like to tell you that if the honey you have has such a problem, don't worry or suspect that it is fake, because processed honey or fake honey will not have this problem, only natural honey will have this problem.

It should also be noted that the previously crystallized honey will melt somewhat when the weather is hot, and the crystallized honey will not melt completely when exposed to heat. Crystallization is a process, and the melting of crystals is also a process. This situation will cause the honey to be stratified. The honey in the honey bottle is liquid and thinner on the top, while the bottom is solid and crystalline. Some consumers who don't know the reason will exclaim that they bought fake honey when they see it. In fact, this is not the case. It is a necessary process for crystallization of natural honey.

Usually, good quality honey can be stored for several years without any problems. Honey has strong antibacterial properties and is the only food in the world that will not spoil. In 1913, American archaeologists discovered a jar of honey in an ancient tomb in the Egyptian pyramids. It was determined that the honey was more than 3,300 years old, but it had not deteriorated at all and was still edible. It can be seen that truly mature honey is completely edible after being stored for a long time and does not have a strict shelf life. But why do we talk about shelf life now? Because as a food on the market, according to the country's "Food Law", food products are required to have a shelf life indicated. Therefore, the shelf life of honey is generally set at 2 years.

We usually recommend that honey should be consumed within two to three years. If it is left for too long, the honey will still be drinkable, but the active enzymes and other nutrients in the honey will be reduced and the taste will be worse.

If honey becomes sour after being left for a long time and you can smell a pungent fermented smell similar to wine, it is not recommended to eat it.