Is expired honey bad?

Question

I have a bottle of honey that I didn't know expired 2 months ago... I haven't eaten any of it in for ever but will it make me sick if I do?

Answer 1

It never goes bad -just crystallizes. Heat it up and it goes right back to liquid. Honey is amazing stuff.

Answer 2

Honey does not expire. You will not get sick from eating it.

The reason is honey will not allow any bacteria to grow in it (very low water content) and no fats can go rancid.

Edit -
After reading some of the comments.
I have to say one of the worst things you can do is to smell and taste without thoroughly cooking any questionable canned foods. A lot of the food bourne pathogens do not cause a smell in food or alter the taste. If you taste it straight from the can, you're ingesting the toxins which can cause illness.

The point is - if you are in doubt, don't smell and taste it. Cook the food and then taste it.

Back to the honey, you should be fine eating the "expired" honey without having to cook it.

Answer 3

No, honey never goes bad. You'll be fine if you eat it. The worst that can happen is that it crystallizes in the bottle and you will have to melt it, but that's easy to do. Just put the bottle in hot water.

Answer 4

You might need to melt it a little, but Honey doesn't expire so it is fine to use.

Answer 5

Pretty much you can tell by smelling it,if it smells good taste a bit, Those numbers are best before. they don't mean your going to drop dead if
you use them .I can taste that honey I wish I had some
God bless you. .

Answer 6

Unless there's mold growing in it, honey will keep just about forever.

Answer 7

Hello:

Believe it or not,honey doesn't really go bad,so it is perfectly safe to eat! ;-)

Answer 8

honey doesn't expire. it will get hard and crystallize so you have to melt it but it will never expire-- yum!

Answer 9

I wouldn't trust it. Honey is one of those foods that has active bacteria. That's why they say don't give it to babies or small children. You could be okay, but I wouldn't risk it.

Here's what Wikipedia has to say about honey:

Due to the natural presence of botulinum endospores in honey, children under one year of age should not be given honey. The more developed digestive systems of older children and adults generally destroy the spores. Infants, however, can contract botulism from honey.[37]

Honey produced from the flowers of rhododendrons, mountain laurels, sheep laurel and azaleas may cause Honey Intoxication. Symptoms include dizziness, weakness, excessive perspiration, nausea and vomiting. Less commonly, low blood pressure, shock, heart rhythm irregularities and convulsions may occur, with rare cases resulting in death. Honey Intoxication is more likely when using "natural" unprocessed honey and honey from farmers who may have a small number of hives. Commercial processing, with pooling of honey from numerous sources generally dilutes any toxins.[38]

Toxic honey may also result when bees are in close proximity to tutu bushes (Coriaria arborea) and the vine hopper insect (Scolypopa australis).[citation needed] Both are found throughout New Zealand. Bees gather honeydew produced by the vine hopper insects feeding on the tutu plant. This introduces the poison tutin into honey. Only a few areas in New Zealand (Coromandel Peninsula, Eastern Bay of Plenty and the Marlborough Sound) frequently produce toxic honey. Symptoms of tutin poisoning include vomiting, delirium, giddiness, increased excitability, stupor, coma and violent convulsions. As little as one teaspoon of toxic honey may produce severe effects in humans.[citation needed] In order to reduce the risk of tutin poisoning, humans should not eat honey taken from feral hives in the risk areas of New Zealand. Since December 2001, New Zealand beekeepers have been required to reduce the risk of producing toxic honey by closely monitoring tutu, vine hopper, and foraging conditions within 3 km of their apiary.

Answer 10

yeah, I think they pull some from the tombs of pharohs that was still good......if it's all white just microwave or put in it warm water.....till it's melted back.