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Beware of imitation products

 
 

MYCOPHARMA® rigorously controls product quality and applies industry-leading testing regimes to verify the purity of our mushroom extracts.

 

MYCOPHARMA® urges manufacturers and consumers to beware of imitation products that are appearing on the market. Products with low quality standards and/or large amounts of inactive bulking ingredients may have little or no beneficial effect on consumers' health.

Table: MYCOPHARMA®
Coriolus extract Vs. others

 

MYCOPHARMA®

Other cheap products
       
  Starch levels
< 1%
May be over 30%
       
  Raw Coriolus used to make 1kg of finished extract *
> 10kg
< 5kg
       
  Bioactive polysaccharide levels in finished extract
Minimum 20%
5% or less
 
* Current reference prices for 1kg of raw Coriolus are 3-4€ per kg. Manufacturers offering finished Coriolus extract at price points near 40€ per kg must de facto be using low extract ratios and inactive bulking agents.
   
 

 

Conclusion:

Imitation low-quality products often contains large amounts of starch, dextrin, or other inactive bulking agents.

To ensure maximum potential for health benefits - MYCOPHARMA® encourages consumers to use a product (MYCOPHARMA® or otherwise) containing high quality standardised bioactive mushroom extract.