"How to differentiate a fake Birds Spit Soups from genuine Birds Spit Soups"

Edible Birds Spit Soup is one of the premium foods among the Chinese community worldwide. Birds Spit Soup is a delicacy in Chinese cuisine. It has plenty of benefits to human health. In fact, the edible Birds Spit Soup is among the most expensive animal products consumed by humans.

Due to its scarcity and high value in the market, some unethical suppliers adulterate the original Birds Spit Soup with foreign materials and additives. These foreign materials make the Birds Spit Soup heavier and bigger. The suppliers can therefore sell the Birds Spit Soup at higher prices.

"How to differentiate a fake Birds Spit Soups from genuine Birds Spit Soups"

The genuine purchasers however, wish to buy a true Birds Spit Soup rather than a fake one. The following are methods to differentiate a true Birds Spit Soup from the fake one.

i. Outlook

A true Birds Spit Soup appears to be in fibre form whereas the fake one comes in lump shape with shinning surfaces.

ii. Transparency

A true Birds Spit Soup is translucent whereas a fake one is opaque.

iii. Weight

The weight of a true Birds Spit Soup is between 3.5 gram and 8 gram. A fake Birds Spit Soup can weigh more than 8 gram.

iv. Test by burning

A true Birds Spit Soup has no sparks during burning whereas a fake one has.
One may further test the Birds Spit Soup by soaking in clean water for 30 minutes. After the 30 minutes, one may observe as follows:-

i. Appearance

A true Birds Spit Soup appears in fibre/filament form whereas a fake one in grain shape.

ii. Smell

A true Birds Spit Soup has the smell of albumen of an egg whereas a fake one has the smell of additives.

iii. Color

A true Birds Spit Soup will not fade whereas a fake one will fade.

iv. Extent of expansion

A true Birds Spit Soup will expand for about 2 times the original size whereas a fake one expands slightly. You can see some foreign materials inside the fake Birds Spit Soup.

v. Bubble

A true Birds Spit Soup will produce bubbles after soaking in the water whereas a fake one has no bubble but the water turns murky. Everyone wishes to spend money for quality items. There are different classes of Birds Spit Soup in the market. Some shrewd Birds Spit Soup suppliers try to sell sub-standard quality Birds Spit Soup at premium prices. The above observation and testing method may help the buyers to avoid falling into the trap of being cheated.

Frequently Asked Questions of Birds Spit Soup

How is Birds Spit Soup produced?

Birds Spit Soup is produced by Swiftlets (Collocalia species). They use a glutinous secretion, also known as “nest cement” to bind together materials for nest building, or construct a whole nest with it. The nest cement is secreted from a pair of sublingual glands located beneath the tongue of the swiftlet.
A Birds Spit Soup is built primarily for laying eggs and housing the baby Swiftlets. After the eggs have been laid and hatched, the baby swiftlets will remain in the nest until it is able to fly away independently. The Birds Spit Soup becomes abandoned and will never be re-used. If not harvested, scavengers such as ants, lizards and cockroaches will consume the Birds Spit Soup.

Why are some Birds Spit Soup different in colour?

Birds Spit Soup contains minerals like copper, iron, zinc, manganese, potassium and sodium. When these minerals are oxidized, they will result in a colour change to the Birds Spit Soup. It is inadvisable to consume heavily-coloured Birds Spit Soup.

What is the look, smell, feel, of pure Birds Spit Soup?

Pure Birds Spit Soup has a translucent look and free from impurities under examination of the naked eye.
All Birds Spit Soup varies in shape and sizes so a uniformly shaped Birds Spit Soup is likely to have been unnaturally altered during the cleaning process. Pure Birds Spit Soup originally smells similar to the scent of egg white. Pure Birds Spit Soup should be dried to avoid natural accumulation of sodium nitrite.
(The sodium in Birds Spit Soup, nitrogen in air and water will react to form nitrite). Pure Birds Spit Soup is quite fragile and can be broken easily.

How to identify the Genuine Birds Spit Soup?

Birds Spit Soup is an expensive and nutritious product. Thus, it is important to distinguish a genuine piece of Birds Spit Soup. In the market, there are many unethical businessmen who would increase the weight of Birds Spit Soup by adding additives like white fungus, jelly and animal skin.
Appearance: Good and genuine nests consist of two main types of filaments:
The outer layer that has longer and bigger filaments whereas the inner part has finer, shorter filaments.
After Cooking: When double boiled for 1-2 hours the Birds Spit Soup inner filaments become water-soluble.
The outer filaments contain mainly minerals; it is less soluble but gives Birds Spit Soup its signature fibrous taste and appearance.
Odour: During double boiling a fine scent of near albumin smell will occur.
Much like the smell of faint cooked egg white.

How do I store Birds Spit Soup?

Birds Spit Soup can be stored in any container that is dry and preferably airtight.
Birds Spit Soup can be kept at room temperature or even in the refrigerator.
Company's Birds Spit Soup is the driest Birds Spit Soup on the market and our Birds Spit Soup can be kept at room temperature for ten years or more.

How often can I eat Birds Spit Soup? Can I eat too much Birds Spit Soup?

Birds Spit Soup can be consumed daily. An average person can consume anything between 3g to 5g of dry Birds Spit Soup. Any excess consumption will be discharged by the body.

Who is unsuitable to eat Birds Spit Soup? Who is suitable?

Birds Spit Soup is suitable for all age groups but some small minority of people who are allergic to protein may find it unsuitable. A small sip of Birds Spit Soup will make their lips swollen.

When is the best time to consume Birds Spit Soup?

It is best to drink Birds Spit Soup before sleep as the rich antioxidants will help the body to eradicte free radicals as the body heals during our sleep.

What are the health benefits of eating Birds Spit Soup?

From the chemical analysis report of pure Birds Spit Soup, we can identify soluble amino acids that will help to repair body cells and generate new cells. The antioxidant helps to eradicate free radicals in the body. Birds Spit Soup also contains EGF(epidermal growth factor) which produces an anti aging effect, making regular Birds Spit Soup consumers young and radiant looking. Many clinical trials of using Birds Spit Soup as an anti-cancer food is now currently being conducted.

What are the nutritious contents found in Birds Spit Soup?

Protein
About half the Birds Spit Soup comprises of protein. Protein is a macronutrient that the human body needs in relatively large amounts. First, it provides the essential amino acids that our own tissues can't produce. Secondly, protein provides nitrogen to produce non-essential amino acids and other nitrogen-containing compounds.
Amino Acid
Birds Spit Soup contains amino acids such as arginine cystein, histidine tryptophan, etc. Amino acids can be best described as the construction blocks from which protein is made.
Minerals
Various types of minerals like zinc, copper, iron, sodium, phosphorous have also been found in analyses of Birds Spit Soups. These minerals are essential as our need for oxygen to sustain all mental and physical processes and for our total well-being. They are important in maintaining all physiological processes as they made up the constituents of teeth, bones, tissues, blood, muscle, and nerve cells.
Antioxidant
Antioxidants are substances or nutrients in our foods which can prevent or slow the oxidative damage to our body. Health problems such as heart disease, muscular degeneration, diabetes, cancer, etc. are all contributed by oxidative damage. Antioxidants may also boast our immune defense and therefore lower the risk of cancer and infection.

House Birds Spit Soup is better than Cave Birds Spit Soup? True or not?

In Malaysia, cave Birds Spit Soups are mainly harvested from natural caves in the states of Sarawak and Sabah on Borneo Island. The famous caves are located at Niah, Kakus, Baram and Tinjar.
The harvesters often face considerable danger when harvesting these Birds Spit Soups. Since cave Birds Spit Soups are formed by free, naturally-living swiftlets, some people consider them to be more valuable than Birds Spit Soups found in houses. Thus, cave Birds Spit Soups often fetch a higher price as compared to house Birds Spit Soup.
However, unknown to many consumers in the market, cave Birds Spit Soups generally contain more foreign materials and feathers than house nests.  Besides, cave Birds Spit Soup are exposed to the risk of heavy metals contamination from external environmental factors. So, consume cave Birds Spit Soup at your own risk!

Red Blood Birds Spit Soup (Red Birds Spit Soup) Is Not As Good As You Think!

It is believed that the red-coloured “blood Birds Spit Soup” is specially prized because they are formed by swiftlets that vomit their blood to build the nest.
There is also another belief that the “blood Birds Spit Soup” was formed by a different species of swiftlet which consumes different kinds of water and food.
Contrary to these beliefs, swiftlets do not vomit blood; neither do they consume different kinds of water and food. In general, Birds Spit Soups act like sponges. They absorb the chemical elements from the environment such as iron from the cave walls, dirty waters and poisons. Hence, “blood Birds Spit Soup” may be harmful rather than beneficial to human beings.
Some dishonest Birds Spit Soup traders even dyed their Birds Spit Soups red in order to fetch a higher price. So, play it safe – choose only pure Birds Spit Soup!