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honey from 1939
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Komppa-Seppälä <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:07:02 +0300
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 Bob . What would a 65 year old honey from a vacuum
> pack be like?

As far as I know the answer is not good if the honey has not been kept in a cold storage. Honey turns in storage dark and it developes HMF as the sugars break down from  the influence of acids. When HMF goes over 100 mg / kg humans start to taste it as bitter taste. That limit comes in about 7 years in room temperature + 20 C. The reaction is chemical and depends of temperature.  In +1 C the same change takes  about 150 years !

So it is quite important that if we store honey for any time over 1 year we need to find a cool / cold place.


Ari Seppälä

Finland

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