7 Ways to Differentiate Between Pure Bird Nest Soup and Fake Bird Nest Soup

After reading this guide, you will always be buying only 100% pure Bird Nest Soup.

Here are the 7 most reliable method to tell if you have purchased a genuine or fake Bird Nest Soup.

1. Transparency

A real Bird Nest Soup looks semi transparent while a fake Bird Nest Soup will not be transparent at all, some may even appear to have a reflective surface from the chemicals applied onto it.

2. Fragility

Real Bird Nest Soup are very fragile and breaks into small specks or dust-sized pieces if dropped. A fake Bird Nest Soup will break into large chunks.

7 Ways to Differentiate Between Pure Bird Nest Soup and Fake Bird Nest Soup

3. Shape and Appearance

Real Bird Nest Soup have no distinctive shape, occasionally you may also be able to spot small feathers stuck within the fibres. Whereas for fake bird’s best, it has a bumpy surface and look identically uniform and sometimes with slight smell of medication.

4. Absorbitivty

It is a common practise to soak Bird Nest Soup for a couple of hours before cooking it. The real Bird Nest Soup will bloat to about twice its original size while a fake Bird Nest Soup will show no significant growth in size. There may even be foreign particle appearing after soaking a fake Bird Nest Soup.

5. Coloring

After soaking the Bird Nest Soup, a genuine Bird Nest Soup will have its water clear throughout the soaking process while the fake Bird Nest Soup will shown signs of decoloring into the water due to artificial coloring.

6. Foams

Place the Bird Nest Soup in a bowl of water and stir it, real Bird Nest Soup will cause foam to appear on the surface of the water while the water remains clear throughout. A fake Bird Nest Soup will not show any foam on the water surface, the water will instead become murky and clouded.

7. Structural Observation Under Microscope

Use a microscope if you have one to see the patterns of the Bird Nest Soup’s fibre. A pure Bird Nest Soup will look unevenly structured while a fake Bird Nest Soup will look coarsely distributed and transparent (neater fibres).

Bird Nest Soup Or Collagen Supplement

I have a confession to make today.

I seriously think that I’ve reached an age where skin care is QUEEN and any product that can help to battle fine lines, wrinkles and sagging skin would get my attention.

Besides skin care products, I also believe in ‘beauty from within’. That simply means paying attention to what we put into our body and not just what we put on it. The key is to achieve great skin by staying hydrated, eating a balanced diet (especially food that is rich in anti-oxidants) and taking beauty supplements to tackle specific beauty concerns.

Recently, I went to Eu Yan Sang to purchase some health supplement for my mother-in-law. I saw their premium concentrated Bird Nest Soup series on the shelf. When I saw these words on the packaging – best rejuvenating supplement and maintain glowing completion, I was totally sold!

In our Chinese history, the empresses and concubines ate Bird Nest Soup for health and beauty. Bird Nest Soup is one of the best tonic foods trusted by generations. But is it really that good as compared to those collagen supplements that we have now?

Now, I’m wondering which one is better… Bird Nest Soup or Collagen Supplement? What do you think?