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FreshCap Review
Most mushroom powder is grain. There is one number that proves it either way, and this company prints it on the page.
FreshCap
Publishes The Number That MattersIt passes the test that exposes this category: Lion's Mane is listed as "(Fruiting Body) (standardized to contain 31% Beta Glucan) (14:1 extract)". Cordyceps militaris 32%, Reishi 27% plus 1.4% triterpene, Tremella >40%, Chaga 15%, the blends 29%. The cheap industry method is mycelium grown on grain and sold as "polysaccharides" — which counts the starch. Beta-glucan cannot be padded that way.
Three real deductions: we found no certificates of analysis anywhere, despite the Reishi FAQ claiming third-party testing for heavy metals, pesticides and microbials. Several capsule SKUs omit the beta-glucan figure their powder equivalents publish. And turkey tail — the mushroom where beta-glucan is the entire point — gives no figure in either form.
The safety gap: across all 17 product pages, zero mentions of warfarin, anticoagulant, blood thinner, platelet, pregnancy, breastfeeding, autoimmune or immunosuppression. Reishi has documented antiplatelet activity and is the classic pre-surgery caution. "Surgery" appears once in the whole catalogue.
And the honest framing: none of this treats anything, and we found no claim from FreshCap that it helps weight, appetite or metabolism. On a GLP-1 your appetite is the scarce resource — a drink that displaces protein is a cost. Eat first, drink second. Checked 8 August 2026: Ultimate Mushroom Coffee $12.99 with just 50mg caffeine, single-mushroom products $19.99 to $39.99.
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31%
Beta-Glucan, Lion's Mane
17/17
Pages Declaring Fruiting Body
0
Certificates Of Analysis Found
50mg
Caffeine In The Mushroom Coffee
What We Verified
We fetched all 17 product pages individually and searched each for beta-glucan content, extract ratio, fruiting body, mycelium, testing claims and interaction warnings. Read 8 August 2026.
Beta-Glucan Percentages, Published On The Product Page
Lion's Mane: "(Fruiting Body) (standardized to contain 31% Beta Glucan) (14:1 extract, equivalent to 14,000 mg raw mushrooms)". Cordyceps militaris 32%. Reishi 27% plus 1.4% triterpene. Tremella >40%. Chaga 15%. The blends 29%. This is the number that separates mushroom from grain
Fruiting Body Only, And They Say Why
From the Reishi page: "made exclusively from the fruiting body of the mushroom — not the mycelium. The fruiting body contains a higher concentration of beneficial compounds like beta-glucans and triterpenes". "Fruiting Body" appears on all 17 product pages we checked; mycelium appears only to be ruled out
A Real 83,000-Character Reference Page
FreshCap publishes a references page running to more than 83,000 characters of actual citations with journals, authors and DOIs. Having just reviewed a brand that invented a Johns Hopkins recommendation, we do not take that for granted
But The Capsules Often Skip The Number
The powders disclose beta-glucan; several capsule SKUs do not. Cordyceps capsules, Reishi capsules, Ultimate Mushroom Complex capsules and the Lion's Mane stick packs gave no percentage — even where the powder version of the same mushroom does
Turkey Tail Discloses Nothing, In Either Form
Turkey tail is the mushroom where beta-glucan content is the entire point. Neither the capsules nor the 60g powder gave a beta-glucan figure on the page. That is the one product where we most wanted the number and least got it
Third-Party Testing Claimed, No Certificates Published
The Reishi FAQ says the extract is "third-party tested for quality, purity, and safety — including tests for heavy metals, pesticides, and microbial contaminants". We looked for the documents and found none; the Quality page carries no certificates and no PDFs
The Beta-Glucan Audit
Read from each product page. Where it says none, we could not find a figure.
| Product | Beta-Glucan | Extract Ratio | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lion's Mane powder & capsules | 31% | 14:1 | Buy this one |
| Tremella capsules | >40% | 12:1 | Highest figure in the range |
| Cordyceps militaris powder | 32% | 10:1 | Species named, which matters |
| Reishi powder | 27% + 1.4% triterpene | 14:1 | Ask about anticoagulants first |
| Mushroom Coffee & Complex powder | 29% | 12:1 | Best value entry at $12.99 |
| Chaga capsules | 15% | 14:1 | Disclosed, but the lowest figure |
| Cordyceps, Reishi & Complex capsules | None found | stated | Buy the powder instead |
| Turkey Tail, both forms | None found | 14:1 | Skip until they publish it |
Use these three questions on any mushroom brand: fruiting body or mycelium, what is the beta-glucan percentage, and what is the extract ratio. A brand that answers "polysaccharides" instead of beta-glucan is counting starch. Our side-effects guide covers the nausea that makes ordinary coffee difficult.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- ✓Beta-glucan percentages published for most products, which is the single most informative number in this category
- ✓Extract ratios stated plainly — 14:1 for lion's mane and reishi, 12:1 for tremella and the blends, 10:1 for cordyceps powder
- ✓"Fruiting Body" declared on every product page we checked, with mycelium explicitly ruled out and the reason given
- ✓Reishi standardised to triterpene content as well as beta-glucan, at 1.4%, which almost nobody publishes
- ✓Cordyceps militaris named by species rather than left vague, which matters because species are not interchangeable
- ✓A references page exceeding 83,000 characters with real citations, journals, authors and DOIs
- ✓Third-party testing described specifically — heavy metals, pesticides and microbial contaminants — rather than as a vague "lab tested" badge
- ✓"Consult" appears 18 times and "physician" 17 times across the product pages, with the standard FDA disclaimer on all 17
- ✓Ultimate Mushroom Coffee contains only 50 mg of caffeine, roughly half a cup's worth, which is genuinely useful if caffeine currently makes your nausea worse
- ✓Prices are mid-market rather than predatory: $12.99 for the coffee, $19.99 to $39.99 for single-mushroom products
Cons
- ✕Nothing here is established to help weight loss, appetite or metabolism, and we found no claim from FreshCap that it does
- ✕No certificates of analysis published anywhere we could find, despite third-party testing being claimed
- ✕The Quality page is almost empty — 2,635 characters and no documents
- ✕Beta-glucan disclosure is inconsistent: present on most powders, absent on several capsule versions of the same mushrooms
- ✕Turkey tail publishes no beta-glucan figure in either capsule or powder form, which is the worst place to omit it
- ✕Across all 17 product pages: zero mentions of warfarin, anticoagulant, blood thinner or platelet — on a range that includes reishi
- ✕Zero mentions of pregnancy, breastfeeding, autoimmune disease or immunosuppression, on products sold as immune support
- ✕"Surgery" appears once across the whole catalogue, though reishi's antiplatelet activity is the classic pre-operative caution
- ✕The references we sampled included mouse and in-vitro studies, and one concerned Cordyceps sinensis while the product uses Cordyceps militaris
- ✕A long bibliography of preclinical work is not evidence of human benefit, and the volume of citations can imply more than it establishes
- ✕Commission is 2% on NET 90 terms, so a $12.99 coffee earns us 26 cents payable in three months
Our Verdict
4.1 / 5 — it answers the questions that expose this category, and we found almost nothing pushing us to say so.
The functional mushroom market has a specific, well-known problem: the cheap way to make mushroom powder is to grow mycelium on a bed of grain, mill the whole thing, and sell the result — grain included — as mushroom extract. The trick that makes it saleable is reporting "polysaccharides", a category broad enough to include the alpha-glucans that are simply starch. So there are three questions worth asking any brand. Fruiting body or mycelium? What is the beta-glucan percentage, specifically, not polysaccharides? And what is the extract ratio? We fetched all 17 FreshCap product pages and asked them. Lion's Mane, powder and capsules: "(Fruiting Body) (standardized to contain 31% Beta Glucan) (14:1 extract, equivalent to 14,000 mg raw mushrooms)". Cordyceps militaris powder: fruiting body, 32%, 10:1. Reishi powder: fruiting body and spore, 27% beta-glucan and 1.4% triterpene, 14:1. Tremella: above 40%, 12:1. Chaga: 15%. The mushroom coffee and the complex powder: 29%, 12:1. "Fruiting Body" appeared on every page we checked, and mycelium appeared only to be ruled out — the reishi page states the extract is "made exclusively from the fruiting body of the mushroom — not the mycelium", and gives beta-glucan and triterpene concentration as the reason. That is a pass, and it is not the industry norm.
The deductions are real and specific. First, documentation. The reishi FAQ says the final extract is "third-party tested for quality, purity, and safety — including tests for heavy metals, pesticides, and microbial contaminants", which is the right claim made in the right amount of detail. We then went looking for the certificates and found none: the Quality page runs to roughly 2,600 characters with no documents and no PDFs, and we located no certificate of analysis anywhere on the site. The brand that bothers to standardise to beta-glucan is precisely the brand that should publish the assay. Second, the disclosure is uneven between formats: the powders generally give the figure and several capsule versions of the same mushrooms do not — cordyceps capsules, reishi capsules, the Ultimate Mushroom Complex capsules, the lion's mane stick packs. Third and most glaring, turkey tail publishes no beta-glucan figure in either capsules or powder, and turkey tail is the mushroom where beta-glucan content is essentially the entire proposition.
On safety, the omission is uniform. Across all 17 pages the words warfarin, anticoagulant, blood thinner and platelet appear zero times; so do pregnancy, breastfeeding, autoimmune and immunosuppression. "Surgery" appears once in the whole catalogue. Two cautions warranted naming. Reishi has documented antiplatelet activity, which is the reason it is conventionally flagged for anyone on warfarin, a direct oral anticoagulant, aspirin or another antiplatelet drug, and the reason it is stopped before planned surgery — and readers of this site are disproportionately likely to be anticoagulated, because cardiovascular disease and atrial fibrillation travel with the conditions these medicines treat. Powdered reishi also has published hepatotoxicity case reports, which makes new jaundice, dark urine or unfamiliar nausea a reason to stop and seek advice. And beta-glucans are sold precisely because they modulate immune signalling, which cuts the other way for anyone with an autoimmune condition or on an immunosuppressant. In fairness, "consult" appears 18 times and "physician" 17 times, and the standard FDA disclaimer is on all 17 pages, so the instruction to ask someone is present. The reasons are not.
On evidence, the honest note is about proportion. FreshCap publishes a references page exceeding 83,000 characters of genuine citations with authors, journals and DOIs, and after reviewing a brand that fabricated a Johns Hopkins recommendation, we do not treat that lightly. But the entries we sampled included in-vitro and rodent work — mouse Leydig cell testosterone production, testis morphology in mice — and one concerned Cordyceps sinensis while the product is Cordyceps militaris, a different organism. A long bibliography demonstrates scientific interest rather than human benefit, and its length can imply more than it establishes. Which brings us to the thing that caps the score regardless of how well the labels are written: none of this treats anything. We found no claim from FreshCap that its products aid weight loss, appetite or metabolism, and we would not believe one. If you are on semaglutide or tirzepatide, the medicine is doing the work and a mushroom extract is not adjunct therapy.
So here is the practical version. If you want to try the category, the Ultimate Mushroom Coffee at $12.99 is the sensible entry: six mushrooms all declared as fruiting body, a 12:1 extract standardised to 29% beta-glucans, and only 50 mg of caffeine — roughly half a cup — which is a genuine advantage in the months when nausea and reflux make ordinary coffee unpleasant. If you want a single mushroom, the Lion's Mane powder at $39.99 has the clearest numbers. Skip the capsule SKUs that omit the beta-glucan figure, because the disclosure is the entire reason to choose this brand over a cheaper one. Skip turkey tail until they publish a number. Ask a clinician before taking anything with reishi if you are anticoagulated, immunosuppressed, pregnant, breastfeeding or facing surgery. And on the medicine you are actually taking, remember the trade: your appetite is the scarce resource, and a drink with no protein that occupies your morning fullness is a cost, not a benefit. Eat the protein first. Our disclosure: 2% commission on NET 90 terms — twenty-six cents on the coffee, in three months. Almost nothing here was pushing us to be generous.
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What is the test you applied, and why does it matter?
Three questions that separate a real mushroom extract from expensive starch, and you can use them on any brand. First: fruiting body or mycelium? The fruiting body is the mushroom; mycelium is the root-like network, and the cheap industry method is to grow mycelium on a bed of grain — usually oats or rice — then mill the whole thing, grain included, and sell it as mushroom powder. Second: what is the beta-glucan percentage? Beta-glucans are the polysaccharides most associated with the effects people buy these products for. The tell is that many brands report "polysaccharides" instead, which is a broader category that includes alpha-glucans — and alpha-glucan is starch. A product can honestly claim 40% polysaccharides while most of that is grain. Beta-glucan is the number that cannot be padded that way. Third: what is the extract ratio, and of what? A 14:1 extract means fourteen kilos of raw material yielded one kilo of extract. We applied those three questions to all 17 FreshCap products. On beta-glucan the answers were: Lion's Mane 31%, Cordyceps militaris 32%, Reishi 27% plus 1.4% triterpene, Tremella above 40%, Chaga 15%, and the multi-mushroom blends 29%. Extract ratios were stated — 14:1, 12:1, 10:1 — and "Fruiting Body" appeared on every product page we checked, with mycelium mentioned only to be ruled out. That is a pass on the questions that matter, and it is not the norm in this category.
Where does it fall short?
Three places, and the first is documentation. FreshCap's Reishi FAQ states that "the final extract is third-party tested for quality, purity, and safety — including tests for heavy metals, pesticides, and microbial contaminants", which is a specific and reassuring claim. We then went looking for the certificates and found none. The Quality page runs to about 2,600 characters and contains no documents and no PDFs; we found no certificate of analysis anywhere on the site. A brand that has gone to the trouble of standardising to beta-glucan is exactly the brand that should publish the assay showing it, and it does not. Second, the disclosure is inconsistent between formats. The powders generally give a beta-glucan figure; the capsule versions of the same mushrooms often do not. Cordyceps capsules gave no percentage while the cordyceps powder said 32%; Reishi capsules gave none while the reishi powder said 27%; the Ultimate Mushroom Complex capsules gave none while the powder said 29%; the Lion's Mane stick packs gave none while both lion's mane powder and capsules said 31%. Third, and most conspicuously, turkey tail publishes no beta-glucan figure in either capsules or the 60-gram powder. Turkey tail is the mushroom where beta-glucan content is essentially the whole proposition, and it is the one product where we could not find the number.
Will any of this help my weight loss?
No, and to FreshCap's credit we found no claim that it would. This matters because a great many functional-mushroom brands drift towards metabolism and appetite language, and this one does not — the marketing is about focus, energy, calm and immune support, which are the conventional structure-function claims for this category. So let us be direct on your behalf: there is no established evidence that lion's mane, reishi, cordyceps, chaga, turkey tail, maitake or tremella produce meaningful weight loss, suppress appetite, or alter metabolic rate in humans in any way comparable to what you are already taking. If you are on semaglutide or tirzepatide, the medicine is doing the work. A mushroom extract is not adjunct therapy for obesity and nobody serious claims it is. What these products might reasonably be bought for is the same reason anyone else buys them — a subjective sense of steadier energy or calm, or an interest in beta-glucans and immune modulation — with the honest caveat that the human evidence is thinner than the volume of citations suggests. Buy it as a considered indulgence, not as part of your treatment. And if you are going to buy it, buy it from a company that publishes beta-glucan percentages, which is the argument in FreshCap's favour and essentially the whole argument.
Is there any specific reason a GLP-1 patient should think twice?
Yes, and it is about how you spend a limited appetite rather than about toxicity. On a GLP-1 your appetite is the scarce resource. You feel full early, you eat less overall, and the clinical problem that follows is not usually excess but shortfall — inadequate protein, inadequate micronutrients, and lean tissue lost alongside fat. In that context, drinking something is not free. A mushroom coffee that occupies the stomach space and the morning appetite you would otherwise have spent on protein is a poor trade, because the coffee delivers essentially no protein and the protein is the thing protecting your muscle. The same logic applies to any powder stirred into water: if it displaces food, it costs you. So the sequencing advice is simple — eat the protein first, then have the mushroom drink if you still want it, rather than the reverse. One genuine point in the coffee's favour, though: it contains only 50 mg of caffeine per serving, roughly half a normal cup. Nausea, reflux and early satiety make ordinary coffee unpleasant for a lot of people in the first months of treatment, and a low-caffeine option that still tastes like a hot drink in the morning is a real, if modest, practical advantage over switching to nothing.
What about drug interactions?
This is the one substantive safety gap, and it is an omission rather than an error. Across all 17 product pages we swept, the words warfarin, anticoagulant, blood thinner and platelet appear zero times. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, autoimmune and immunosuppression: also zero. "Surgery" appears once in the entire catalogue. Two cautions deserved naming and were not. First, reishi. Ganoderma lucidum has documented antiplatelet activity, which is why the standard herbal-medicine caution is to be careful combining it with warfarin, direct oral anticoagulants, aspirin or other antiplatelet drugs, and to stop it well before planned surgery or dental extraction. Readers of this site are disproportionately likely to be on an anticoagulant or antiplatelet, because cardiovascular disease and atrial fibrillation travel with the conditions GLP-1s are prescribed for. There are also published case reports of hepatotoxicity associated with powdered reishi, which is a reason to stop and seek advice if you develop nausea that is different in character from your usual, dark urine, pale stools or yellowing of the eyes. Second, immune modulation. Beta-glucans are marketed precisely because they act on immune signalling, which means the theoretical caution runs the other way for anyone with an autoimmune condition or taking an immunosuppressant after a transplant or for inflammatory disease. None of that appears on these pages. To be fair, "consult" appears 18 times and "physician" 17 times across the catalogue, and the standard FDA disclaimer is on all 17 pages — so the general instruction to ask a professional is there. The specific reasons to ask are not.
How good is the reference page, honestly?
Unusually substantial, and worth reading with a specific kind of scepticism. FreshCap publishes a references page running to more than 83,000 characters of genuine academic citations — named authors, journals, volume numbers, DOIs. Having recently reviewed a supplement brand whose product copy attributed an invented recommendation to Johns Hopkins and described a clinical trial that does not exist, we want to be clear that this is a meaningful difference in kind. Somebody assembled real literature. But the useful question is never whether citations exist; it is what they show and whether they apply. The entries we sampled included in-vitro and rodent work — for example a study on "In vivo and in vitro stimulatory effects of Cordyceps sinensis on testosterone production in mouse Leydig cells" and another on "Influence of Cordyceps Sinensis on Reproduction and Testis Morphology in Mice". Two things follow. Mouse Leydig cells are not a human outcome, and a bibliography weighted towards preclinical work is evidence of scientific interest rather than of clinical effect. And note the species: those papers concern Cordyceps sinensis, while FreshCap's product is Cordyceps militaris — a different organism with a different compound profile. That is not deception, since FreshCap names its species clearly on the label, which is more than many do. It is simply the standard gap between a supplement's citation list and its actual product, and the length of the list makes it easier to miss.
Which product would you buy, if any?
The Ultimate Mushroom Coffee at $12.99, if you want to try the category, and the Lion's Mane powder at $39.99 if you want a single mushroom with the numbers attached. The coffee is the best-value entry: six mushrooms — lion's mane, reishi, cordyceps, chaga, turkey tail and maitake — all declared as fruiting body, a 12:1 extract equivalent to 12,000 mg of raw mushrooms, standardised to 29% beta-glucans, plus 50 mg of caffeine from organic instant coffee. Twelve ninety-nine is not much to satisfy curiosity, the low caffeine is a genuine advantage during the nauseous phase of treatment, and the beta-glucan standardisation means you are at least buying mushroom rather than milled oats. The Lion's Mane powder is the cleanest single-ingredient purchase: fruiting body, 31% beta-glucan, 14:1. Skip the capsule versions where the beta-glucan figure is absent, because the whole reason to choose this brand is that it publishes the figure, and a capsule without it forfeits the advantage. Skip turkey tail here until they publish a number for it. And if you take an anticoagulant or antiplatelet drug, have an autoimmune condition, take an immunosuppressant, are pregnant or breastfeeding, or have surgery coming up, ask a clinician first — particularly about anything containing reishi, and particularly since these pages will not raise it with you.
What is the verdict?
4.1 out of 5, and the score is about category honesty rather than efficacy. In a market where the standard manoeuvre is to grow mycelium on grain, mill the lot, and report a "polysaccharide" number that is largely starch, FreshCap publishes beta-glucan percentages, declares fruiting body, states extract ratios, names its cordyceps species, and standardises reishi to triterpene content as well. We applied the three questions that expose the trick and it answered them on most of its range. That is genuinely uncommon and it is the reason to prefer this brand over a cheaper powder. The deductions are real though. There are no certificates of analysis published anywhere we could find, despite specific third-party testing claims. Beta-glucan disclosure is missing on several capsule SKUs and on turkey tail entirely. And not one of the seventeen pages mentions warfarin, antiplatelet drugs, pregnancy, autoimmune disease or immunosuppression, which are precisely the cautions this ingredient list warrants. Most importantly: none of this treats anything, none of it will help you lose weight, and on a medicine that limits how much you can eat, a beverage that displaces protein is a cost rather than a benefit. Eat first, drink second. Our disclosure: this programme pays 2% on NET 90 terms, so the $12.99 coffee earns us twenty-six cents, arriving in about three months. There is almost no commercial reason for this review to be positive, which is perhaps the most useful thing we can say about the fact that it is.
Ask For The Beta-Glucan Number.
Fruiting body, beta-glucan percentage, extract ratio. Any brand answering "polysaccharides" is counting starch. FreshCap answers on most of its range — and eat your protein before you drink anything.
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Read Review →Medical Disclaimer: This page is informational and is not medical advice. Dietary supplements are not FDA-approved to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. No product described here treats obesity, diabetes or any other condition, none is a substitute for prescribed medication, and there is no established evidence that these mushroom extracts produce clinically meaningful weight loss, appetite suppression or changes in metabolic rate in humans. Consult a licensed clinician before starting any supplement, particularly if you take prescription medication. Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) has documented antiplatelet activity and may increase bleeding risk: anyone taking warfarin, a direct oral anticoagulant, aspirin, clopidogrel or another antiplatelet agent, anyone with a bleeding disorder, and anyone scheduled for surgery or dental extraction should seek clinical advice before use and may be advised to stop it in advance. Case reports of liver injury associated with powdered reishi exist; stop and seek medical attention for jaundice, dark urine, pale stools, right upper abdominal pain or nausea that differs from your usual pattern. Beta-glucans modulate immune signalling, so people with autoimmune disease, transplant recipients and anyone taking an immunosuppressant should seek advice before use. Mushroom products can cause allergic reactions and should be avoided by anyone with a known mushroom allergy. Do not use if pregnant or breastfeeding without clinical advice. On GLP-1 receptor agonist treatment, reduced intake makes protein and micronutrient adequacy a clinical priority; beverages and powders that displace food can contribute to inadequate intake, and questions about nutrition during treatment should go to your prescriber or a registered dietitian. Report suspected adverse events from a supplement to the FDA.
Date reviewed: 8 August 2026. All figures and quotations were read from freshcap.com on that date and may change. We retrieved the public product catalogue feed and then fetched each of the 17 non-gift product pages individually, searching each for beta-glucan content, extract ratio, fruiting body and mycelium references, testing claims and interaction warnings. Ingredient statements read verbatim from product pages include: 'Organic Lion's Mane Extract (Hericium erinaceus) (Fruiting Body) (standardized to contain 31% Beta Glucan) (14:1 extract, equivalent to 14,000 mg raw mushrooms)'; 'Organic Lion's Mane Extract (Hericium erinaceus) (Fruiting Body) — (1,000 mg, standardized to contain 31% Beta Glucan; 14:1 extract, equivalent to 14,000 mg raw mushrooms)'; 'Organic Cordyceps Extract (Cordyceps militaris) (Fruiting Body) (standardized to contain 32% Beta Glucan) (10:1 extract, equivalent to 10,000 mg raw mushrooms)'; 'Organic Reishi Extract (Ganoderma lucidum) (Fruiting Body and Spore) — (1,000 mg, standardized to contain 27% Beta Glucan and 1.4% Triterpene; 14:1 extract, equivalent to 14,000 mg raw mushrooms)'; 'Organic Tremella Extract (Tremella fuciformis) (Fruiting Body) — (standardized to contain >40% Beta Glucan, 12:1 extract, equivalent to 12,000 mg)'; 'Organic Chaga Extract Inonotus obliquus standardized to contain 15% Beta Glucan and Fruiting Body'; and, for the coffee and complex powder, 'Organic Mushroom Blend (standardized to contain 29% Beta Glucans) (12:1 extract, equivalent to 12,000 mg mushrooms)' followed by lion's mane, chaga, maitake, turkey tail, reishi and cordyceps each declared as (Fruiting Body). The Ultimate Mushroom Coffee page states it 'combines 50 mg natural caffeine with a six-mushroom blend—Lion's Mane, Reishi, Cordyceps, Chaga, Turkey Tail, and Maitake—crafted from 100% organic fruiting bodies' and lists 'Caffeine (50 mg) (from Organic Instant Coffee)'. The Reishi powder page states the product is 'made exclusively from the fruiting body of the mushroom — not the mycelium. The fruiting body contains a higher concentration of beneficial compounds like beta-glucans and triterpenes, ensuring maximum potency and effectiveness' and that 'the final extract is third-party tested for quality, purity, and safety — including tests for heavy metals, pesticides, and microbial contaminants'. The Tremella and Lion's Mane stick pages state the products are 'made from 100% organic whole fruiting bodies, which contain higher concentrations of beneficial compounds compared to mycelium-only products'. We could not find a beta-glucan percentage on the pages for Cordyceps capsules, Reishi capsules, Turkey Tail capsules, Turkey Tail 60-gram powder, Ultimate Mushroom Complex capsules, the Lion's Mane stick packs or Shroomies for Dogs; absence here means we did not find a figure on the page, not that none exists. We searched for certificates of analysis and found none: the Quality page contained approximately 2,600 characters of text and no PDF documents, and no certificate was located elsewhere on the site. A case-insensitive sweep of all 17 fetched product pages returned zero occurrences of 'warfarin', 'anticoagul', 'blood thinner', 'platelet', 'pregnan', 'breastfeed', 'immunosuppress' and 'autoimmune', one occurrence of 'surgery', two of 'doctor', 17 of 'physician', 18 of 'consult', 10 of 'caffeine' and 17 of 'not been evaluated'. The references page measured more than 83,000 characters of citation text; entries we sampled included Hsu, Huang, Tsai, Sheu and Huang (2003), 'In vivo and in vitro stimulatory effects of Cordyceps sinensis on testosterone production in mouse Leydig cells', Life Sciences 73, 2127-36, and Jin and Guo (2006) on the influence of Cordyceps sinensis on reproduction and testis morphology in mice — both concerning Cordyceps sinensis rather than the Cordyceps militaris used in the product. Prices observed: Ultimate Mushroom Coffee $12.99; Lion's Mane Stick Packs $12.99; Lion's Mane capsules $19.99; Tremella capsules $19.99; Turkey Tail capsules $19.99; Shroomies for Dogs $19.99; Ultimate Mushroom Complex capsules $27.99; Ultimate Mushroom Complex powder $34.99; Turkey Tail powder $34.99; Lion's Mane powder, Cordyceps powder, Cordyceps capsules, Reishi powder, Reishi capsules and Chaga capsules $39.99 each; bundles $45.97 and $85.50. Statements about mycelium-on-grain production, alpha-glucan and starch in polysaccharide assays, reishi antiplatelet activity and hepatotoxicity case reports, and beta-glucan immune modulation reflect established pharmacology and industry practice and are not claims made by FreshCap. We did not purchase or test any product. Katalys offer #889 lists 2.00% default commission with NET 90 payment terms.
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