| 摘要 |
Health benefits manifested by consuming collagen/hydrolyzed collagen and swiftlet nest exhibit resemblance of each other. Logical instinct should have linked the duos. However, due to age-old assumptions and cultural misplacement, this relationship have been undergrounded. Swiftlet nest has been consumed by Chinese community as a premium delicacy and effective medicine as well as beauty enhancer. So much so that it has become the food of status and command very high price. Due to this reason, the culture of "if it ain't broken, dont fix it" permeated. Double steaming, sometimes called double boiling, is the only widely used cooking method till today, under the belief that over heating above 100°C will destroy the nutrion value of swiftlet nest. This invention is a breakthrough from tradition. Swiftlet nest is cooked above 100°C, using steam sterilization method. Amino acids analysis has been carried out on the sample of the swiftlet nest cooked using this invention. It shows the amino acids profile does fit the amino acids profile of collagen and hydrolyzed collagen. Hence, with this invention, swiftlet nest proved to be a source rich in amino acids and can be used as the raw material to produce collagen and hydrolyzed collagen. |
