The closer Tet gets, the livelier the bird's nest market becomes, driven by the demand for gifts from many individuals and businesses.
As a result, many bad actors take advantage of this to sell counterfeit and poor-quality goods for big profits, while also harming the reputation of businesses that farm, process and supply bird's nest.
The Harm of Using Counterfeit Bird's Nest
As mentioned above, for businesses supplying bird's nest products to the market, their reputation is seriously affected because some people use their brand to make counterfeit, poor-quality goods, while consumers cannot tell which is genuine and which is fake.
For consumers, buying counterfeit bird's nest means "losing money and harming yourself". Counterfeit, poor-quality bird's nest can have a negative impact on health. At the same time, its price is as high as the genuine product, so you lose money and may even bring illness upon yourself.
If you happen to buy counterfeit bird's nest as a gift, you may also unwittingly earn a bad name if the recipient discovers it is fake.
The harm outweighs the gain, so as Tet approaches, we need to be smart consumers and be extremely careful with counterfeit bird's nest.
How to Avoid Buying Counterfeit Bird's Nest?
First of all, be cautious about any listings, advertisements for "cheap quality bird's nest" or claims about bird's nest on social networks that have no verifiable basis.
When buying bird's nest on the market, check the label and the origin of the product carefully. Choose to buy from reputable units and businesses that have operated for many years and have many stores.
To be surer, choose suppliers of bird's nest products that are reputable and give specific commitments on product quality when buying bird's nest.
In addition, there are also quite a few simple tips to help you easily tell genuine from counterfeit bird's nest, such as:
- Try soaking the bird's nest in water; after 10 to 15 minutes, counterfeit nest will turn mushy and fall apart, while genuine bird's nest will not.
- Put the bird's nest in an iodised salt solution; counterfeit nest will gradually turn blue because it contains starch.
- For red bird's nest, you can try putting it in tea; if the nest turns dark black, it shows the product is of poor quality.
When choosing to buy bird's nest, you can also use your senses to tell genuine from fake by smelling it. Genuine nest usually has a slightly fishy smell, characteristic of bird's nest, while counterfeit nest does not have this characteristic fishy smell.
As a smart consumer, especially as the Lunar New Year approaches, you need to be extremely careful and "pocket" these methods for telling genuine from counterfeit bird's nest right away!
And above all, look for reputable bird's nest suppliers on the market such as Yến Sào Sài Gòn when you buy!
Yến Sào Sài Gòn wishes you success!