Honey can be eaten after five or six years.

If it is a well preserved pure honey, it can still be eaten after five years, if it is not properly preserved, it can not be eaten after five years; if it is a processed honey product, it can not be eaten after five years.

Judging whether honey can still be eaten after five years needs to be determined on a case-by-case basis and cannot be generalized. Honey can be divided into pure honey and processed honey products, if it is a well-preserved pure honey, in general, after five years can still eat, the higher its concentration, the longer the preservation time.

If the pure honey is not properly preserved, often open, and frequent contact with the air, put five years can not eat. Secondly, for the processed honey products on the market, after five years is not edible, usually the shelf life of 18 to 24 months.

Honey consumption method

Honey consumption method is fresh honey with water into aqueous solution to take, preferably in the 40 ℃ below the temperature of warm water or cool boiled water diluted after taking.

Consumption of honey need to pay attention to, can not be brewed with boiling water or high temperature steaming, which will damage the chemical structure of honey, active ingredients, such as enzymes and other active substances, and affect the taste.

Introduction of honey

Honey is the honey made by the Chinese or Italian bee, an insect of the family Apis mellifera. Honey has a sweet flavor and flat medicinal properties. It belongs to the spleen, stomach, lung and large intestine meridians. The main components of honey are sugar, protein, amino acids, organic acids, volatile oils and so on. Among them, sugar is the main active ingredient.