Bird's nest is regarded as a food of high nutritional value with wonderful effects for health. Join Yến Sào Sài Gòn in learning about the 6 things you need to know before buying bird's nest!
The outward appearance of bird's nest
Choose nests with a thin rim but a thick base, whose strands are joined together in many layers, looking like loofah fibres.
The smell of raw bird's nest
Genuine raw bird's nest has a faint smell of swiftlet saliva, and it keeps this distinctive smell even when boiled. In contrast, counterfeit nest smells of squid or fish, the smell may disappear when heated, and you may even smell bleaching chemicals.
The colour of bird's nest
If you look closely, you will see that clean, pure bird's nest is usually uneven in colour, from ivory white to pale yellow, sometimes with deep yellow marks like cockroach wings. This shows the nest has not been bleached and is natural bird's nest.
Telling genuine from counterfeit bird's nest
To avoid "losing money and getting stuck with bad goods" by buying a mixture of sugar, preservatives and tapioca gum sold at the price of genuine bird's nest, it is extremely important to tell genuine from counterfeit bird's nest accurately.
Genuine bird's nest is dry, brittle and easy to crumble
The first and most important sign of good-quality bird's nest is that it "MUST BE DRY AND BRITTLE" and easy to crumble. Poor-quality nest, being coated with a binding agent, is usually pliable and chewy. If the nest has been dipped in a lot of sugar, you can detect counterfeit nest by tasting a piece, and you will immediately taste sweetness on the tip of your tongue.
When eaten, genuine bird's nest gives a stringy, slimy feel
When eating bird's nest, if you feel a stringy, slimy sensation like swiftlet saliva, it is pure bird's nest. But if steamed nest feels "crunchy" rather than "stringy and slimy" when eaten, you should check it very carefully to make sure it is not counterfeit.
Wonderful benefits of bird's nest
Bird's nest for women
Threonine in bird's nest supports the formation of collagen and elastin, the two substances that rebuild the skin's structure. Together with Glycine, it helps prevent wrinkles, fight ageing, fight acne and freckles, dark spots, and protects the skin, leaving it bright, smooth and full of vitality. Tryptophan helps the foetus develop in a balanced and healthy way...
Bird's nest for the elderly
Bird's nest helps the elderly improve not only physical health but also brain function, such as improving memory (Phenylalanine), liver problems (Threonine), the intestines (Histidine), regulating blood sugar (Leucine), increasing calcium absorption and fighting spinal ageing (Lysine), and fighting arthritis (Methionine).
In addition, bird's nest is also a very nourishing food, used in cases of a weakened body, fatigue, poor appetite, weak qi and blood, a heated body from smoking and heavy drinking, insomnia, rapid heartbeat, thinness, sallow skin...
Bird's nest for healthy people
Bird's nest can be eaten occasionally as a food that provides the body with full nutrition.
Bird's nest for children
Bird's nest helps supplement the nutrients children need, helping them develop in all respects. Children gain stronger resistance, their digestion is stimulated and supported, and they eat with a better appetite.
Where to buy quality, reputable raw bird's nest?
There are many companies supplying bird's nest on the market today. However, you should research carefully and choose a reputable, long-established bird's nest brand.
You can contact Yến Sào Sài Gòn, a reputable and long-established bird's nest brand, for further information about bird's nest.
Yến Sào Sài Gòn's bird's nest products are harvested directly from the company's own swiftlet houses. We guarantee 100% genuine bird's nest, with no preservatives and no mixing in agar jelly or tapioca gum.