The secret to knowing the fake Bird Nest

Bird Nest is a kind of food, pharmaceutical extremely valuable with many different effects on human health, so the demand for oats on the market today. , combined with high economic value, the nest has been faked a lot, sold everywhere. This article, I will tell you way to identify the most simple and accurate artificial nest you can apply when buying oats to avoid buying counterfeit goods.

1. Adding salt, sugar or other agents to increase weight

Through our survey, we found that the majority of Bird Nest available for sale are glazed with either salt, sugar or other additives to increase weight, often up to 40%. Imagine you pay $100 for 100g of nests but in reality you only get 60% of real nest while the remaining 40% is sugar. That means you pay $40 for 40g sugar!!! Just when you thought you got a good deal, you are actually paying more for the same amount of authentic Bird Nest. Not only that, the unknown additives used in the making of fake Bird Nest could be carcinogens. Moreover, these unknown mixture of Bird Nest are highly susceptible to pathogenic bacteria and molds that could seriously damage your health.

The secret to knowing the fake Bird Nest

*** How to tell:

+ Pure authentic Bird Nest: if you were to lick it, it would be tasteless, similar to licking a rice noddle. When you pick it up, it is light, brittle, and inflexible (even when exposed to air for a long time). It is prone to fracture even to light touches.
+ Bird Nest glazed with salt, sugar or other additives:
– Break off a small piece and chew it, you will find it sweet (or salty). Sometime you can even taste the sweetness or saltiness by just licking the Bird Nest, especially when large amount s of additives were used. Another way to detect fake Bird Nest is to taste the water that was used to soak the Bird Nest in. If the water become sweet or salty then the Bird Nest were tampered with.
– The glazed Bird Nest are usually more flexible because the additives make the strands soft and bendy. These fake nests are highly susceptible to pathogenic bacteria and molds. They will often darken with prolonged exposure to air. This change in color is indicative of the Bird Nest was glazed with some type of sweetener. In addition, the fake nests become iridescent under shining lights.

2. Red Nests

There are usually 3 categories of fake red Bird Nest:
– Normal food coloring -> easily detectable upon soaking in water as the dye will leak out of the Bird Nest
– Industrial dyes -> hard to detect as the dyes won’t leak when soaked in water
– Chemical reactions turning Bird Nest from white to red. This is when Bird Nests are put in the manure/compost pit, which contains NH3. Under the proper conditions, a chemical reaction will occur changing the Bird Nest from white to red.
When done properly (UNCOMMON), even though the Bird Nest changed from red to white, the quality remains unchanged meaning these red nests have no additional nutritional values unlike the authentic red Bird Nest made naturally by the Bird Nests in sea caves. However, the price difference is significant. Authentic red Bird Nest are priced 5-10x more than the white couterparts. Moreover, when incubated in the manure or compost pit, Bird Nest can become contaminated with nitrite, which increases the risk of cancer upon prolonged consumption.
Nowadays, the market is flooded with these fake red Bird Nest, often very cheap to attract uninformed customers. We found that some stores even give 20g free samples of red Bird Nest with purchase of 100g white ones. How is that possible when red Bird Nest worth 10x the price of the white ones? Be a smart consumer! Think twice before spending your hard-earned money buying toxins that could be detrimental to your health.

*** How to tell:

Authentic red Bird Nest carries the essence of the sea. Any one who has ever been to the ocean knows that the ocean air smells different. It has that distinct smell of the water, salt, sun and sand. Authentic red Bird Nest has that same smell because it was exposed to the same elements. It has to be soak for a long time (2-3 hours) to become soft and the recommended cooking time is 2-3 hours compared to 30-45 minutes for the house Bird Nest.

3. Fresh Bird Nest

Fresh Bird Nest are ones that have been soaked in water to clean out the debris but have NOT been through the drying stages. Hence, fresh Bird Nest contain a large amount of water, ie weight of Bird Nest and plus weight of water. It’s impossible to assess whether you get a good deal as it’s very difficult to know how much water fresh Bird Nest contains.
There are rumors that fresh Bird Nest is better than dried ones. That is NOT true. When it comes to nutritional value, fresh and dried Bird Nest are the same. Smaller produces do not have adequate equipment for drying Bird Nest so they spread such rumors for their benefits. And as we mentioned earlier, the customer usually lose when buying fresh Bird Nest as it is nearly impossible to determine the amount of water inside. One way to check is to dry fresh Bird Nest with fans then you can determine how much you actually pay for Bird Nest vs water. Be an informed consumer and don’t pay for water!

The benefits of Bird Nest for all objects and all ages

Bird Nest soup is one of the dishes received positive evaluation of quality because it has high nutritional value and is good for health. Here are the great uses of Bird Nest for all objects. Let’s explore the following article offline.

1. Children

In young children, Bird Nest helps to improve the immune system, increase the resistance, keep the baby’s body healthy, prevent the common cold and flu illness. Bird Nests also help improve memory for young children, help children more intelligent and comprehensive development both physically and mentally. However, according to researchers recommended children under 12 months should not be. for Bird Nest.

2. Old people

For elderly people, Bird Nest is effective against some common diseases in the elderly such as cardiovascular, blood pressure, respiratory system, prevention of osteoarthritis. Especially Salanganes’New greatly improve insomnia, which is the worry of the elderly.

3. Women

Women often use Bird Nest to prevent the aging process, help keep slim fit and own skin smooth young pink and white.

4. Men

For men, Bird Nest has the effect of enhancing vitality, improving health, helping men feel healthy and energetic.

5. Bird Nest soup can be used for healthy people and diseases

The effect of Bird Nest for healthy people is to stabilize health condition, improve resistance, help prevent disease and body feel healthy, comfortable spirit, like to work and learn. effective set. For people who have just got up or just finished surgery, using edible Bird Nest will help restore health and regain spirit.
In particular, Bird Nests are food supplement is essential for the health of pregnant women, especially the stable development of the fetus through the stages. In addition, postnatal women, mothers have to have caesareans need to strengthen and restore each other after the process of overcoming arduous arduous stakes Bird Nest is the most suitable dishes.
Salanganes currently on the market very popular with many brands. Consumers should pay attention to select reputable products in large units. Avoid buying Bird Nest on the sidewalk, market corner to avoid counterfeit goods, imitation goods, poor quality goods.