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Does honey ever go off?

By jaynio_o Asked Feb 6 2007 12:55PM
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by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on Feb 6, 2007 at 4:11 pm Permalink

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NEVER.
Reheat.
Old honey found in the pyramids has been found edible.
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Avatar Halskiisaklink Feb, 06 2007 at 09:30 PM
Wow.

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by Galeanda on Dec 24, 2008 at 5:06 pm Permalink

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No, honey never goes bad. It can crystallize but gentle heat will bring it back to it's regular consistency.
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by the1after909 on Feb 6, 2007 at 9:29 pm Permalink

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Honeybee's honey can last for thousands of years. Tropical stingless bee's honey doesn't and therefore must be kept refrigerated if you want it to last for a long time. This is because it contains a higher nectar and pollen content than you regular honey which gives it a pleasant acid/citris flavour.
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by Tani on Feb 6, 2007 at 4:41 pm Permalink

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No,

due to the almost zero water activity (meaning that there is so much sugar in honey that there is no room for water molecules to be available for bacteria to use).
Honey is great stuff.
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by Jenniferocious on Feb 6, 2007 at 4:12 pm Permalink

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The honey itself will not.

However, if you use a utensil that has other food on it, and those food bits get into the honey, they can go bad. If that happened, I wouldn't eat the honey, since it had little bits of rotten, spoiled, or moldy food floating in it.
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by Anonymous on Dec 24, 2008 at 4:55 pm Permalink

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Nope. Alton Brown on the Food Network says it lasts forever.
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Avatar jazzy jazz Dec, 24 2008 at 05:41 PM
hahah

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by babyccat on Feb 6, 2007 at 4:09 pm Permalink

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No, never. Liquid honey may crystalize however. But it will return to liquid if you microwave it a bit or heat it.
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by jangobean on Feb 6, 2007 at 12:57 pm Permalink

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No, honey never ever goes off, it's the only natural food stuff that doesn't. You can keep it in your cupboard for ever and ever if you wished.
Label a jar and leave it for your great, great, great grandchildren.
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by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi COAT on Dec 24, 2008 at 5:39 pm Permalink

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no it never expires...
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by Koz_Dracon - Nelson Remembered on Dec 24, 2008 at 4:55 pm Permalink

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When it gets cold, it clumps up but I've heard that honey will keep for years because of it's nature.
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