7 Ways to Differentiate Between Pure Swallow Birds Nest and Fake Swallow Birds Nest

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

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

 

7 Ways to Differentiate Between Pure Swallow Birds Nest and Fake Swallow Birds Nest

1. Transparency

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

2. Fragility

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

3. Shape and Appearance

Real Swallow Birds Nest 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 Swallow Birds Nest for a couple of hours before cooking it. The real Swallow Birds Nest will bloat to about twice its original size while a fake Swallow Birds Nest will show no significant growth in size. There may even be foreign particle appearing after soaking a fake Swallow Birds Nest.

5. Coloring

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

6. Foams

Place the Swallow Birds Nest in a bowl of water and stir it, real Swallow Birds Nest will cause foam to appear on the surface of the water while the water remains clear throughout. A fake Swallow Birds Nest 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 Swallow Birds Nest’s fibre. A pure Swallow Birds Nest will look unevenly structured while a fake Swallow Birds Nest will look coarsely distributed and transparent (neater fibres).

Now that you have learnt how to differentiate the real stuff from the fake, why not learn about how to classify Swallow Birds Nest in our next article.