Garden Song® 443-24 Instant Hummingbird Food, 8 Ounce Package

by Garden Song®

Product Features

• 8 ounce packet
• Makes up to 48 oz of high energy clear nectar
• Dissolves instantly in cold water
• High energy red nectar
• Measures 1.25 by 4.50 by 3.56 inches; 0.50 pounds

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.6 x 3 x 5.9 inches ; 8.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004ZAVZ
• Item model number: 443-24
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,638 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
  • #32 in Patio, Lawn & Garden > Backyard Birding > Bird Food > Hummingbird Nectar

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

The only problem with having a hummingbird feeder is, once those hummers know it's there, they get really hungry! Keep them satiated with this nectar. Dissolving instantly in water, the 8 ounces of powder make 48 ounces of nectar in the classic red color. Keep those hungry hummers well fed--because no one likes to see an angry hummingbird. --Ariel Meadow Stallings

Product Description

Hummingbirds will stay at your feeders when they taste this delicious nectar. With this hummingbird feeder mix, it's easy for you, tasty for them! Garden Song® Instant Hummingbird Food comes in an 8 ounce packet that makes up to 48 ounces of nectar and dissolves instantly in cold water.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

60 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, April 2, 2005

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The Thing Without Feathers - See all my reviews

This review is from: Garden Song® 443-24 Instant Hummingbird Food, 8 Ounce Package (Lawn & Patio)

You won't find a single expert on hummingbirds who recommends "instant nectar" products such as this one. Why? Because 1) they're a complete waste of your money and 2) they expose the birds to ridiculously high concentrations of inadequately tested chemicals. The cheapest and easiest feeder solution also happens to be the closest in chemical composition to natural flower nectar: a solution of 3 or 4 parts water to one part ordinary white sugar. If you want the sugar to dissolve faster, get additive-free superfine baking sugar. DON'T use honey, food coloring, Kool-Aid, Jello, or any other junk - the birds drink nectar just for the energy and get everything else their bodies need from eating insects.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No dyes! No instant nectars!, July 22, 2006

By 

William M. Taylor "hummingbird biologist" (Arizona) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garden Song® 443-24 Instant Hummingbird Food, 8 Ounce Package (Lawn & Patio)

As a field biologist involved in hummingbird studies in the SW, I can say that red--or any other color--dye is nonsense! NOT needed, quite likely harmful. Also, I question the instant nectar--instructions say it doesn't require boiling. Is there a preservative in it that retards yeast and bacterial growth? If so it would likely be extremely harmful to the gut of the hummers: it could harm their natural internal flora.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars RED DYE WILL HARM HUMMINGBIRDS - DO NOT USE IT, June 11, 2006

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Jeanne Mulloy (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Garden Song® 443-24 Instant Hummingbird Food, 8 Ounce Package (Lawn & Patio)

THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT STATE WHAT THEY USE FOR THE RED COLORING IN
THEIR NECTAR. IT IS A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT RED DYE #40 HAS PROVED
HARMFUL TO HUMMINGBIRDS CAUSING CANCER AND IS NOT NECESSARY.

NATURAL NECTAR IN THE WILD IS CLEAR WITHOUT COLOR. USING A COLORFUL
FEEDER WILL ATTRACT THE HUMMERS AND NOT HARM THEM.