They said “the water doesn’t have an expiration date, the plastic bottle does” so how come honey that comes in a plastic bottle doesn’t expire?

Question

They said “the water doesn’t have an expiration date, the plastic bottle does” so how come honey that comes in a plastic bottle doesn’t expire?

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

Unless the water has been sterilised, it can start growing things in it. In Finland we stamp dates on it because over time the microbes have grown to a level that there is a health risk. The problem is not water, but microbes.

Honey is actively anti-microbial, also it is basically just sugar, to the point basically nothing will grow on it.