Blood Bird’s Nest

Blood Bird’s Nest is one of Asian Pacific leading Blood Bird’s Nest brand.  Awarded for being a leader in the industry and a pioneer for the Blood Bird’s Nest industry since 1998 in Hong Kong. 

What Is Blood Bird’s Nest?

Blood Bird’s Nest is the saliva produced by a special species of swallow called the swiftlet while building the nest. The saliva glues with other impurities (such as feathers) to form the nest. Among the different species of switlets, golden switlet’s saliva has the purest protein content and the highest nutrient value.

About Blood Bird’s Nest:

Blood Bird’s Nests are mainly produced in Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Burma and Hainan Province in Southern China. The texture and taste of Blood Bird’s Nest vary with the swiftlet’s habitat. Compared with Cave Nest, House Nest is cleaner, softer and smoother in texture. So, the soaking/stewing time can be shortened. Cave Nest is mainly found in Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia, whereas House Nest is mostly produced in Indonesia.
There are three harvesting periods of Blood Bird’s Nest in a year -- the 'first phase’ (first harvesting period) Blood Bird’s Nest is the most nutritious Blood Bird’s Nest and contains much more proteins and minerals.
'First phase’ Blood Bird’s Nest is harvested from November to January every year – springtime of Indonesia. In this season of abundance and thriving, the swiftlet grows up strong and healthy and is able to secrete plentiful saliva. Under such favourable environment, Blood Bird’s Nest harvested during this period is purer and gets bigger expansion after soaking. The body of Blood Bird’s Nest is obviously larger in size and thicker in texture.

Blood Bird’s Nest

The second and third phase Blood Bird’s Nest is not as good comparing with the 'first phase’ Blood Bird’s Nest in terms of quality and quantity. During these seasons, the swiftlet is weak due to unfavourable weather and lean food supply. Saliva secretion is slow and lots of feathers fall off, thus increase impurities. The Blood Bird’s Nest is usually smaller in size and has lesser expandability.
IBNI has its own Blood Bird’s Nest farmhouses and processing plants in Indonesia. Some time before every Chinese Lunar New Year, IBNI ships fresh ‘first phase’ Blood Bird’s Nests to Hong Kong through air cargo. This guarantees sufficient supply of ‘first phase’ Blood Bird’s Nests in the market all the year round.
Chinese have the culture of consuming Blood Bird’s Nests traced back to Tang Dynasty, 1,400 years ago. It was told that Empress Wu Zetian used to rely on taking Blood Bird’s Nest to resist ageing. Since then, Blood Bird’s Nest had been frequently found on the upper class diet. During Ming Dynasty, it was officially included in the imperial menu. In those days, premium grade Blood Bird’s Nest was among the articles of tribute presented by adjacent Southeast Asian countries to the emperor of China. It was commonly known as “Imperial Blood Bird’s Nest”.