Sihaiwang: honey has a very high nutritional value, with the functions of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, moistening the intestines and defecating, promoting digestion, skin care and beauty, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory, improving immunity, etc. A can of honey can be used for a long time, but the premise is to keep it well, so can honey be eaten in the refrigerator for a year? Let's have a look together!
Honey in the refrigerator for a year can you eat it
As long as it is authentic and completely edible, honey is easy to preserve and crystallize. I come from the countryside. My hometown produces honey. Some of the old beehives on the cliff, honey becomes as hard as stone, tastes delicious, and is still a precious Chinese medicine. Reminder: many of them are fake. Less than 30% honey. Mix a small amount of honey with white sugar (even saccharin), and then cut radish or potato into small pieces and put them in. After a few days, it's gone. It's all melted. There's no residue at all. It's still honey.
How long can honey stay in the refrigerator
According to the truth, honey has no shelf life. There are five kinds of foods that never go bad in nature. They are honey, white wine, vinegar, solid sugar and salt. The real mature natural honey can be eaten after long-term storage without any strict shelf life. However, as a food listed, according to the "food law" all requirements on the food products to indicate the shelf life, therefore, honey manufacturers generally set the shelf life of honey as 2 years.
Why do some beekeepers sell honey, saying that the shelf life of honey is only one year? It's very simple. What they produce is immature honey, and the honey that never goes bad, refers to the mature honey with high Baume degree.
The preservation method of honey 1. Sealed preservation
Generally, the honey eaten at home is filled, poured out a little when eating, and then sealed with a lid. This lid has no effective sealing measures, and the air and bacteria are easy to enter. So when choosing honey, you can choose the small can, eat it in a few days, or buy the small bag, eat one bag at a time. If you buy a big can unfortunately, it doesn't matter. Buy a roll of plastic wrap. Cover it first after eating each time, and then wrap the plastic wrap around the mouth of the bottle.
2. Heating to prevent fermentation
In hot summer, honey is easy to ferment at room temperature. In this case, honey should be placed in a glass container and heated to 63 ℃ ~ 65 ℃ for 30 minutes in a pot to prevent fermentation.
3. Ginger slices prevent deterioration
In order to keep the honey from deterioration and taste, you can put some ginger in the honey. The method is: choose pure honey without impurities, put it into a clean glass bottle or ceramic jar, then add a small piece of ginger to every 500g of honey, seal it and store it in a cool place, then put it for a long time without deterioration.
4. Cold water preservation
Another way to keep food is to keep it in cold water. Use a bag to pack the honey in the bottle. The seal should be tight and not leak. Then fill a basin of suitable size with water and put it in a cool place. Then put honey in it. If you live in the countryside and have a well, you can put honey into the well. The effect of preservation is much better. Honey will not crystallize.