can honey spoil
Very few bacteria or microorganisms can survive in an environment like that, they just die. Theyâre smothered by it, essentially.â What Harris points out represents an important feature of honeyâs longevity: for honey to spoil, there needs to be something inside of it that can spoil. With such an inhospitable environment, organisms canât survive long enough within the jar of honey to have the chance to spoil. Honey is also naturally extremely acidic. âIt has a pH that falls between 3 and 4.5, approximately, and that acid will kill off almost anything that wants to grow there,â Harris explains.