Edible bird’s nest is made out of bird saliva which has solidified. We hand wash each nest to ensure they are clean. Moreover, we provide a wide range of different grades in each nest category to accommodate each of our client’s needs.

Eating a bird’s nest on an empty stomach, which is usually in the morning when a person wakes up, is ideal because eating on an empty stomach helps you maximize absorbance. Consuming bird’s nest before sleeping is also excellent for your body because concentrations of different hormones increase after about one hour into sleeping, which allows the bird's nest to be absorbed into the body more efficiently.

There is no expiration date but it needs to be refrigerated as soon as the bag is opened or when the seal is broken. After opening, it needs to be refrigerated at all times. It is best to put in the freezer if you are storing it for more than a month.

In Chinese culture, edible bird’s nest has been associated with promoting skin health and has been known to help with skin moisturizing.

Boiled egg whites are the closest you can get to describing the consistency of edible birds’ nests. The bird’s nests are often boiled in water to create a gelatinous texture to add to soup, rice and a variety of dishes.

With the continued development of sustainable bird’s nest farms, interactions between bird’s nest farms and swiftlets are hospitable and safe for the birds.

Bird nest farms are designed to be safe environments for swiftlets, mimicking locations where the birds would build their nests in the wild. The swiftlets independently flock to the farms and build their nests in these farms. The swiftlets use the farms to incubate their little ones, which in turn hatch, learn to fly, and eventually leave the nest. Once the swiftlets leave the nest, bird nest farmers can harvest the bird nests. Swiftlets instinctively build a new nest every season so there is always a healthy supply of bird nests.

Golden Nest always prides itself in sourcing its nests from cruelty-free swallow farms where workers take the utmost care in harvesting nests. We take environmental responsibility seriously, which is why we only partner with local communities who use sustainable, eco-friendly farming practices.