How to tell the authenticity of bird's nest? What aspects should we pay attention to?

Bird's nest has many benefits. It can not only nourish the body, but also lose weight healthily. This is the voice of many women. But the whole process of its processing is basically manual, and a skilled worker can only make a bird's nest a month, so fakes are rampant. Let's take a look at how to distinguish between true and false bird's nest.

How to tell the authenticity of bird's nest? The bird's nest market is profound, and the counterfeiting technology is also developing day by day. As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know yourself, and you will win every battle." Only by knowing the fake routine can we choose authentic high-quality bird's nest.

1. Bleached bird's nest

The bleached bird's nest is obviously white to the naked eye, and the color has no gradual change and layering, which can be seen at a glance. For those carefully disguised, we can soak the bird's nest in water and take it out. After half a minute, we can rub our thumb and forefinger several times. Your fingers will be sticky and smell of chemicals. In addition, the bleached bird's nest increases little after stewing, which is easy to cook and has no unique natural egg white flavor.

Bonded bird's nest

In the process of making the bird's nest into a lantern, it will go through the process of picking hairs manually, so there will be holes on the surface. Some businessmen use food, such as cassava flour, Geely flour, eggs, chewing gum, paste and so on. Through these holes to the surface of the bird's nest, and the swallow lantern looks bright and heavy, especially the bottom of the swallow lantern will be particularly heavy and not easy to break. We can soak the bird's nest in water to get rid of it. After half a minute, we can rub our fingers a few times. Authentic bird's nest should be smooth, while painted bird's nest will be sticky because of paint. In addition, natural bird's nest contains 50% protein, so it smells like egg white, while rubber bird's nest smells like chemicals.

3. Pearl bird's nest mixed with fish

According to the swallows nesting, bird's nest can be divided into official swallows, hairy swallows and grass swallows. Yan Guan is the top grade of bird's nest, and its nutritional value is higher than that of Mao Yan and Cao Yan. However, because the concave surface of the official swallow lantern has a layer of netted official swallow strips, unscrupulous merchants will replace it with swallows from Mao Yan or Cao Yan with similar shapes. How to distinguish specifically? Yan Guan is used to building nests with pure saliva, so there are few impurities and the color is yellow. It is translucent under the light, softens after adding water, and can expand 7-8 times. Mao Yan is used to building nests with feathers mixed with saliva. Cao Yan likes to make a nest with weeds mixed with saliva, so it has many impurities, dark color, almost opaque, weak water absorption and little expansion when soaked in water. Choosing bird's nest requires careful observation and familiarity with various fake routines. Choose high-quality bird's nest, the head is vest line.