How much does it cost to buy Antrodia cinnamomea? Why is the price of Antrodia cinnamomea so different?
The price difference ofAntrodia cinnamomea (scientific name: Taiwanofungus camphoratus) is mainly due to the quality of the fungus . The levels of active ingredients contained in Antrodia cinnamomea cultivated from public fungus and wild fungus are completely different, so it will be reflected in the price of health foods that use Antrodia cinnamomea as the main ingredient!
The price difference of Antrodia cinnamomea has always been a puzzling issue for consumers. The price range of Antrodia cinnamomea products on the market may be as low as less than 2,000 yuan and as high as over 10,000 yuan, but the Antrodia cinnamomea content in the product is a factor that affects product pricing.
There are two types of Antrodia cinnamomea cultivation operators in the market. One uses natural methods to restore wild mushroom species from deep mountains, and the other uses general public mushrooms . Antrodia cinnamomea cultivated using general public mushrooms cannot grow strong fruiting bodies, and has poor quality and effect. Therefore, it can be sold in large quantities at a low price.
The wild mushroom species restored by natural methods not only require a suitable humidity environment to provide Antrodia cinnamomea for growth, but also take a long time. However, Antrodia cinnamomea restored by natural methods can grow strong fruiting bodies with high triterpene content, which is more effective when eaten.
Why is there a difference in price between Antrodia cinnamomea grown from wild original fungi and public version fungi?
As mentioned in the previous paragraph, Antrodia cinnamomea grown from public-label fungi cannot grow thick fruiting bodies, and therefore contains fewer active ingredients than Antrodia cinnamomea grown from wild fungi. Therefore, health supplements made from public-label Antrodia cinnamomea can be sold at a relatively low price, fully proving the saying “you get what you pay for”.
Moreover, when buying Antrodia cinnamomea health supplements, the most important thing to look at is the triterpenoid component, because this is the most precious active ingredient of Antrodia cinnamomea. In addition, there are "active polysaccharides", "superoxide dismutase" and "adenosine", which are all precious ingredients that are very helpful to the human body based on medical data.
The Antrodia cinnamomea fruiting bodies cultivated from wild fungi and Antrodia cinnamomea logs contain up to 12.5 grams of triterpenes . Therefore, when purchasing Antrodia cinnamomea related products, you can pay attention to whether the products meet the national inspection standards.
Reasons and explanations for the price difference of Antrodia cinnamomea grown from different strains
| Public version | Wild mushrooms | |
|---|---|---|
| price | The petty bourgeoisie can also buy | Huge research funding |
| Research time | About 21 days | 30 years |
| Nutritional sources | Petri dish (main ingredient: potato flour) | Cinnamomum kanehira |
| Bacterial strain constitution | Poor adaptability, requires constant temperature and humidity, prone to infection | Very strong and good ability to adapt to the natural environment |
| Triterpenoids | There are very few triterpenoids, and even no effective ingredients of Antrodia cinnamomea | High in triterpenoids, contains effective ingredients of Antrodia cinnamomea, such as polysaccharides, adenosine, etc. |
Wild (native) fungi with genes from deep mountains have strong adaptability to the ambient temperature and humidity of the flat land. Therefore, the fruiting bodies grown from them can be thick and have high active ingredients. They will be really effective when used in health foods or medicinal materials. Public version fungi are mostly cultured in culture dishes. The Antrodia cinnamomea used in the low-priced Antrodia cinnamomea health products on the market may be made from fungi purchased from schools or laboratories. Public version fungi can even be bought for only 20 yuan. Think about it from another perspective. If the cost is very cheap, the price in the hands of consumers will definitely be a good one.
So, working backwards, isn’t the quality of the ingredients open to question?
The cultivation method of Antrodia cinnamomea is also one of the factors that affect the price of Antrodia cinnamomea!
To put it in plain words, "If you want to raise a healthy, energetic, fat child, you must feed him a lot of nutritious food." The cultivation method of Antrodia cinnamomea will not only have differences in ingredients, but also directly affect the price!
For example: solid-state culture and liquid fermentation methods, although short in time and low in cost, cannot obtain the most important triterpenoid components of Antrodia cinnamomea; although the active ingredients of wild Antrodia cinnamomea are natural, the Antrodia cinnamomea tree has been listed as a national treasure-level protected tree species, and it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake. It is not only time-consuming to grow but also difficult to obtain.
Using wild (native) strains with good substrate, the cultivated Antrodia cinnamomea not only has a stable content of fruiting body components and better quality than wild Antrodia cinnamomea , but also has no environmental pollution problems in short-term mushroom production, and high-purity triterpenes can be extracted through biological extraction ; but at the same time, the cultivation cost is also relatively high.
However, because Antrodia cinnamomea has many health benefits such as anti-oxidation, anti-cancer, liver protection and immunity enhancement, and has significant effects on cell activation, enhancing physical strength and repairing body functions , the source of Antrodia cinnamomea used in Antrodia cinnamomea health products will focus on the content of ingredients.
Therefore, the more expensive the Antrodia cinnamomea is, the more it will naturally reflect the price that actually reaches consumers. The price of Antrodia cinnamomea that Jianren found casually in the Shopee store is so scattered and shocking . Dear readers, after reading this article, can you understand why it costs so much to buy Antrodia cinnamomea?
