What's the smell of bird's nest?

High-quality bird's nest tastes delicate and smooth. If the water for stewing bird's nest is sticky, it will often be coated with glue or thickened.

Different grades of bird's nest have different tastes:

1, the special swallow lamp q is smooth and supple, and enjoys the ultimate.

2. The bird's nest net is a net structure part inside the bird's nest, which is a fine net supporting eggs and Xiaoyan. The taste is delicate and smooth, easy to digest and absorb.

3. Yanjiao is the part used by Jin Siyan to fix the two ends of bird's nest, and it is the "load-bearing beam" of bird's nest, which takes a long time and is difficult to stew.

Main nutrients:

Types and contents of amino acids

Bird's nest contains a variety of amino acids, such as phenylalanine, valine, leucine, tyrosine and arginine. The content of hydrolyzed amino acids in bird's nest is 42.272%, and the content of essential amino acids accounts for 42% of the total amino acids.

At the same time, the contents of delicious amino acids (aspartic acid and glutamic acid) and fragrant amino acids (tyrosine and phenylalanine) are high, indicating that bird's nest tastes delicious.

The nutritional value of food mainly depends on the type, quantity and proportion of amino acids. FAO and WHO put forward the reference pattern spectrum of essential amino acids in food, which stipulated that the mass ratio of essential amino acids to total amino acids and the mass ratio of essential amino acids to non-essential amino acids were 40% and 60% respectively.

protein

Protein content in bird's nest is high, but it is closely related to its species. The protein content of Jin Siyan bird's nest is 50.26%.

sialic acid

Sialic acid, also known as bird's nest acid, is the main bioactive component of bird's nest, mainly in the form of N- acetylneuraminic acid. It is reported that the sialic acid content of general bird's nest can reach more than 7%, which is also a means to preliminarily identify true and false bird's nest.

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Moisture content:

There are many bird's nests with high water content in the market. This kind of bird's nest is extremely cheap, but it is a mixed bag. The highest water content of true bird's nest can reach 40-60%. Even if it is stored in a wooden box or moistureproof box, it will still go bad, just like the so-called "golden jade is outside, but it is ruined" in The Word of Orange Water.

High-quality bird's nest will not be moldy even if it is not put in a wooden box. When buying bird's nest, pinch it with your hand to see if you can hear the crisp sound before you can tell it apart.

Really dry bird's nest can be lightly pressed at both ends of the bird's horn by hand without bending. If the strength is increased, fracture will occur.

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