Getting Authentic Bird’s Nests For Nutritional Purposes

Posted by Robert Clark
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Nov 28, 2015
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Chinese soups and traditional medicines are known for their qualities to heal and provide health benefits to people. There are many items, which can be consumed as general food items and as medicines too. Since the Chinese tradition believes in the balance of energies and so the Chinese herbs reflect this awesome philosophy too.

When you are looking for traditional Chinese medicine in Singapore, you need to be a bit careful. There may be many companies claiming to supply authentic medicine. In this article we shall talk about tips to identify genuine birds nest suppliers. The companies that supply bottled bird’s nests should be committed to the quality so that the consumers could enjoy the authentic value of these products. Only a few of these companies have a research base and they work hard to package these products in such a way so that the ingredients could be retained for years.

When things such as bird’s nests are natural and are in great demand, it is necessary to keep the authenticity intact. It means no preservatives; stabilizers or color should affect the genuineness of these products. Secondly, the price should also be reasonable so that it does not burn a hole in the pockets of the customer.

Now, most of the ordinary nests by birds are non-edible. Only three or four species of birds are known to produce edible bird’s nests. It is interesting to note here that these birds do no t manufacture these nests for any medicine or food purpose. They build them to lay eggs, raise their children and for the purpose of residence.

The Collocalia Fuchipaga species uses saliva in the most part of its nests. The nests built by this species consist of 80%-95%  of saliva. This saliva is full of high nutritional values. Since it is super rich in minerals, it is considered to be of the most superior quality.

Other birds such as Collocalia Esculanta and the Collocalia Maxima use 5%-10% of their saliva and the rest of the nest is built with leaves and feathers. These too are edible and provide nutritional benefits to the consumer. It is very important that only genuine and good quality nests have to be used for consumption. To ensure this, an authentic supplier has to be trusted. Avoid fake nest suppliers and get hold of the genuine products so that your nutrition could be complete.
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