{"id":66,"date":"2026-11-04T06:52:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T06:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnmorefacts.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/the-honey-that-outlasts-almost-everything\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T06:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T06:52:35","slug":"the-honey-that-outlasts-almost-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learnmorefacts.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/the-honey-that-outlasts-almost-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"The honey that outlasts almost everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Low water, high acidity and a helpful enzyme make honey one of the most stable foods we know.<\/p>\n<h2>Too dry for microbes<\/h2>\n<p>Honey contains very little water, so most bacteria and moulds cannot grow in it.<\/p>\n<h2>Naturally acidic<\/h2>\n<p>Its acidity adds another barrier, and an enzyme added by bees produces small amounts of hydrogen peroxide.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Sealed honey can stay good for an extremely long time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Storage still matters<\/h2>\n<p>Honey can absorb moisture if left open, which is why a tight lid keeps it at its best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low water, high acidity and a helpful enzyme make honey one of the most stable foods we know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnmorefacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnmorefacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnmorefacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnmorefacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnmorefacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learnmorefacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnmorefacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnmorefacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnmorefacts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}