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	Does honey ever go off? By jaynio_o Asked Feb 6 2007 12:55PM	7 Pts Rate Question

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by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on Feb 6, 2007 at 4:11 pm Permalink

NEVER.
Reheat.
Old honey found in the pyramids has been found edible.

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Halskiisaklink Feb, 06 2007 at 09:30 PM

Wow.

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

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

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

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

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

Nope. Alton Brown on the Food Network says it lasts forever.

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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

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

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

no it never expires...

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by Koz_Dracon - Nelson Remembered on Dec 24, 2008 at 4:55 pm Permalink

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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