How it came about? I don't know. Perhaps it was a rare occurrence in nature found among cave nests. Rarity with demand in market has always been translated into premium prices.
So it has become an established perception, and "Perception is Reality"! Innocent and ignorant consumers continues to be misled by sales talk & the price.
Some have suggested it is due to some minerals in the food the birds consumed or it is chemical compounds that seep into the nest at the nesting points. Some even said it is the combination of ammonia content & humidity that gives the nests the red coloration.
Unscrupulous producers & processors used chemicals to dye the nests!
I pulled out this photo from Alibaba.com; look at its bright coloration! Would you believe it is real?
Another claimed to be "house blood bird nests"!
Don't we all know that no bird nest are of the same shape? Isn't it artificial to have them stack together this way in the first place?
I raised the subject to the people at Eka Walet I met the other day. They said the same to me.
I learned there was a time many producers adulterated their bird nests with chemicals to make them RED and damaged the reputation of Indonesian exports for some time. Take a lesson here!
So if someone comes around and sell you the idea of producing blood-nests; use your common sense to judge and not blind by greed.
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