Honey has been generating some serious buzz in recent years because of its various health benefits. Considered one of the oldest sweeteners known to man, honey was traditionally used as a remedy for everything from coughs to burns. Today, honey is also used as an active ingredient in beauty and skincare products, as previously noted. Here Olivia Cook, NaturalNews.com, reflects on honey as the ultimate survival food:

“Honey an essential survival food and storing it is painless because it has no expiration date. It is the original sweetener, known and consumed by our ancestors eons ago and have been used medicinally for 8,000 years. It is suitable for immediate consumption in its unprocessed state, unlike any other major sweetener.

In its pure state, honey will not ferment, but fermentation can occur by accident or deliberately.

Well-stored honey never expires or spoils, even if it’s been previously opened. Honey is antibacterial, meaning you don’t have to worry about anything weird or unpleasant growing in your honey. Honey’s acidity and low moisture content keep bacteria from surviving – and without bacteria at work, honey just doesn’t spoil or go bad. It has a pH of about 3.26-4.48, which helps stave off bacteria trying to make a home in your honey.

When stored properly, honey can stay edible for years (even decades) and it will still be as good as the first day you opened it. While honey may darken in color or thicken over time, it will still be safe to eat. (Related: Nothing lasts forever – except these 15 foods.)

How to read honey labels

When choosing honey at the grocery store, you have likely come across labels that use words like raw, pure, organic, filtered, unfiltered and natural. For easier understanding, this article explains the generally accepted definition for each kind of honey and how to store it long term.

Pure honey

A “pure honey” label means that you’re getting 100 percent honey, without any kind of additives such as sugar, corn syrup, artificial or natural flavoring (which is sometimes added to industrial honey to reduce costs).

However, a “pure honey” label alone doesn’t always tell you how the honey is produced. Make sure you’re getting all the benefits you can from honey when it’s produced in the most bee- and environment-friendly way by looking for more information.

Pure honey can be manuka, clover, bush or pohutukawa honey and may either be filtered or heated.“

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