How to store royal jelly? Mastering the correct method is important
Put the royal jelly in a refrigerated or frozen environment. Generally, royal jelly can be stored for 2-3 months in a refrigerated environment at 2-6 degrees, and for about two years in an environment at around minus 18 degrees. Also be careful to minimize the time the royal jelly is exposed to air, and do not put the royal jelly together with food that has already spoiled and rotted, so as to avoid chemical reactions with some of its substances and thereby spoilage.
1. Royal jelly is best stored at low temperature and away from light. The temperature of a household refrigerator's fresh-keeping compartment is generally around 0-8 degrees C (if the refrigerator is opened frequently, the temperature will be higher), and the refrigerating compartment of a refrigerator is around -2 degrees C to -10 degrees C. The fresh-keeping compartment can keep royal jelly from spoiling for 20 days to 30 days, while the refrigerating compartment can keep it for at most half a year. Some consumers worry after purchasing that it will spoil on the way home or when taken to another place without low-temperature refrigeration, but this worry is unnecessary, because at room temperature (around 20 degrees C) royal jelly can be kept from spoiling for 3 to 5 days.
2. Generally, royal jelly can be kept from spoiling for half a year at around -5 degrees C, for about one year at -10 degrees C, and for more than two years at -18 degrees C. After being stored for half a year above -5 degrees C, the color of royal jelly will gradually deepen, and the sour and spicy sensation will also decrease or even disappear.
3. When there is no refrigeration available, royal jelly can be mixed into honey (the honey concentration must be above 41 degrees), with the ratio of royal jelly to honey being 0.1-0.2:1. In this way, royal jelly can be stored for about one month, but it must be stirred thoroughly every day when eating, because royal jelly has a low specific gravity and will float on top of the honey.
4. If you drink alcohol, you can mix royal jelly into liquor for storage. The liquor should be above 50 degrees, and the ratio of royal jelly to liquor should be 0.2:1. However, it must be stirred frequently or shaken evenly so that the royal jelly fully dissolves into the liquor. In this way, it can be stored for one to two years (depending on the alcohol content of the liquor).
5. The taste of royal jelly is sour, spicy, and astringent. If you find that the color of the royal jelly has deepened, that it has a stale smell, bitter taste, or other unusual odors, or even bubbles produced by fermentation, this indicates that the royal jelly has spoiled and is not suitable for consumption.