Honey can be stored in a sealed container at room temperature.

Honey should be stored in a cool, dry, clean and ventilated place, and the temperature should be maintained at 5-10°C. In an environment where the air humidity does not exceed 75%. The container containing honey should be tightly closed to prevent air leakage and reduce the contact between honey and air. Due to the extremely high concentration and high osmotic pressure of honey, the cells entering it will be severely dehydrated and die, so honey is not easy to deteriorate. Honey marketed as food must have a shelf life marked on the food according to the Food Law. Therefore, honey manufacturers generally set the shelf life of honey at 2 years or 18 months.

When the temperature is high in summer, honey is not easy to crystallize; in winter, when the temperature is low, honey is easy to crystallize. Some honeys are prone to crystallization and others are not. Some people have misunderstandings about honey crystallization, thinking that once it crystallizes, it is fake honey or adulterated. This is incorrect.

How to identify honey

1. Smell: the smell of honey. After opening the bottle, fresh honey has a distinct floral aroma, while aged honey has a lighter aroma. The smell of fake honey made with added flavoring is unpleasant. Single-flower honey has the aroma of its own source.

2. Taste: Taste the taste of honey. Pure honey not only has a pleasant aroma, but also has a rich aroma when you taste it. Place honey on your tongue, touch your tongue to your upper jaw, and slowly enter your throat. You will feel slightly sweet and slightly sour, with a delicate taste, a slightly spicy throat feeling, and a long aftertaste. After adulteration, the above-mentioned feeling becomes lighter, and it has the taste of sugary water, strong sourness or salty taste.

3. Pick: Check the water content of honey. In our country, we usually use immature honey, so the water content of honey is high. Most honey sold on the market has been processed and concentrated, and has a relatively low water content. When you pick up the honey with chopsticks or fingers, it is better if the honey can be stringy. If there is no stringiness, it means the water content is high. You can also drop a drop of honey on the straw paper. If the water stains spread easily, it means the water content is high. Pure honey is in the form of beads and does not spread.