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A man in a cozy kitchen stirs golden honey into creamy homemade peanut butter using a wooden spoon. Sunlight streams through a window, casting a warm glow on the glass jar. Peanuts and a honey jar sit nearby on the counter, enhancing the inviting, homemade feel of the scene.

746. Homemade Nut Butter Containing Honey

March 17, 2025 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from eating homemade nut butter containing honey.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

  • Contamination of Nuts/Nut Butters | Food Safety
  • Water Activity (aw) in Foods | FDA
  • Water content, water activity, water structure and the stability of foodstuffs - ScienceDirect
  • Influence of Water Activity on Foodborne Bacteria — A Review - ScienceDirect
  • Water activity - Wikipedia
  • T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (Official Vinyl Video) - YouTube
March 17, 2025 /Don Schaffner
Peanut butter, Honey, Salmonella, Clostridium botulinum, Water activity

DALL·E - A plastic bear-shaped bottle of honey with very little honey inside, leaving it about one-eighth full. There is a visible layer of water sitting on the honey.

642. Watery Honey

July 17, 2024 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from honey that diluted with water by 25%.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

  • Merch — Risky or Not?
  • On the nature of the relationship between water activity and % moisture in honey - ScienceDirect
  • Effect of High Hydrostatic Pressure on Salmonella Inoculated into Creamy Peanut Butter with Modified Composition - ScienceDirect
  • 400. Simple Syrup Stored at Room Temperature — Risky or Not?
July 17, 2024 /Don Schaffner
Honey, Water activity
Honey-Fermented-Garlic-Yangs-Nourishing-Kitchen-4.jpg

46: Honey Fermented Garlic

September 24, 2020 by Don Schaffner

Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from honey fermented garlic.

Dr. Don - risky ☣️
Professor Ben - risky ☣️

  • Honey Fermented Garlic: A Natural Remedy for Cold and Flu | Yang's Nourishing Kitchen
  • Current Food Safety Issues of Home-prepared Vegetables and Herbs Stored in Oil
  • Honey - Wikipedia
  • pH and Acids in Honey
  • Welcome to the Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program
September 24, 2020 /Don Schaffner
Honey, Garlic, Botulism

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