FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

1. Why your Reishi and Turkey Tail powders are not fine powders like others I have used before?

That's how real Reishi and Turkey Tail mushrooms look like when dehydrated and grounded. Reishi and Turkey Tail mushrooms are very leathery (think of the consistency of wood ear mushrooms you see in forests) - When you freeze dry and pulverise them, they just can't get to a fine powder. 

 

2. What is fruiting body?

Fruiting body is the technical name for "mushroom". Mushroom is the reproductive apparatus of some type of fungus. The fungus itself is filamentous organism that extends and brach forming what we call "mycelium". Once the right conditions are in place, the mycelium will form a fruiting body (or mushroom).

 

3. How much should I have and how often?

 

4. Why isn't my discount working?

Keep in mind discounts cannot be used in conjunction. So, if you are claiming a first order discount, you will not receive a bulk discount when you buy multiples. Test which one would give you the best value and use it. Or, in case of discount vouchers, save them for better opportunity. In case you are not getting a discount that you think you would be entitled to, please, get in touch with us as this might be an issue with our website.

 

5. How to store my products?

Keep them away from direct sunlight and heat. There is no need to refrigerate the the liquid extracts but you can if you want (they might feel more refreshing).

Do not refrigerate powders/capsules as, once they are out of the fridge, the chances of water condensing on them would be higher than if they were kept at room temperature. And we don't want humidity to take over the powders / capsules before they get into your body.

For capsules and powders, keep them in sealed containers with desiccant gel packs to minimise humidity build up. If you keep them closed in the original packing, they should be fine.

 

6. What is the use by date of these products?

The best before date is printed on the bottles / pouches. Note they should easily last longer if stored properly (away from light, heat and humidity) as they have very low water content (powders) or made with 30% alcohol (liquid extracts).

 

7. Which product is strongest? Powder, Capsules or Liquids?

There is no black and white answer to this question... Powders have all the compounds a mushroom can offer you but we don't know exactly how much your body will be able to pull out of them by its own means. The same goes to capsules as they are just a convenient way to use the powders. Liquid Extracts, on the other hand, have lower concentration of compounds when compared to powders, but they are 100% available to your body.  Our customers report satisfaction using either so, it seems the most important thing is how you are planning to embed mushrooms in your daily routine. 

 

8. How long will your products last for me?

It depends on how much you are using per day - In each product's session we have provided an indication of the amount of servings per product.

 

9. Do I need to shake the liquid extracts before use?

You don't have to but it can make your experience better. Liquid extracts may have some bits of mushroom in the bottom that managed to dodge the filtering process. If you shake the bottle, you would have some of that in every dose instead of leaving it to the last drops. 

 

10. Where is my parcel?

We use Australia Post to send your orders - After your parcel is shipped we send you a tracking number you can use to check the status of your parcel's delivery in Australia Post website. In case you see no movements in Australia Post website for days in a row, feel free to reach out to us.

 

11. What is the concentration of your liquids?

Before we go through this data, you must read our blog "Why Beta glucans matter" to have a better understanding of how to assess quality of mushroom tinctures. After the glorification of rice to mushroom, the newest marketing stunt we are seeing around is the downplaying of the importance of fungal beta-glucan concentration in a mushroom based product. Regardless if you want the benefits associated with fungal beta-glucans, they are the only affordable commercially available test offered by third party labs that can work as quality indicator of mushroom based products, ultimately enabling customers to compare quality and value across different products. 

Lion's Mane
- 2000 mg of bio-available fungal beta-glucans per 100ml of extract (tested by third party labs). The highest seen in similar products in the market.
- Approx. $0.02 per mg of bio available 3rd party lab tested active compounds (fungal beta-glucans) when purchasing a 100ml bottle for $39.9. The best value for similar products you can find in the market.
- This is achieved by processing the equivalent of 321 mg of mushroom fruiting body per ml of final tincture.

Reishi
- 1400 mg of bio-available fungal beta-glucans per 100ml of extract (tested by third party labs). The highest seen in similar products in the market.
-  Approx. $0.03 per mg of bio available 3rd party lab tested active compounds (fungal beta-glucans) when purchasing a 100ml bottle for $39.9. The best value for similar products you can find in the market.
- This is achieved by processing the equivalent of 71.4 mg of mushroom fruiting body per ml of final tincture

12. How can I make sure your mushrooms are really grown in Australia?

We hold an Australia Made campaign license - In order to get this license and be able to use the well known Australia Made logo with the kangaroo, we had to go through an audit to make sure our products are really made in Australia. You can search for our brand / other brands in their website to make sure we / other brands are legitimately using the Australia made logo.

Our license: https://australianmade.com.au/licensees/ninth-path-mushrooms

Where you can search any brand: https://australianmade.com.au/ 

 

13. How do you manage to reach such high levels of beta-glucans in your products?

That happens when real mushrooms are used to produce mushroom based functional food. As simple as that.

 

What is called "mycelium" in the market is brown rice colonised by mushroom culture. Like a tempeh, but using mushroom culture instead of the tempeh culture and rice instead of soy beans. It is mostly rice. Not a mushrooms at all.

The alcohol extract of myceliated grains is very weak (their colour is almost clear when compared to the alcohol extract of real mushrooms) and the water extract has a lot starches (you can see all the foam forming as you cook them).  So, we don't think this is a worthwhile product to be offered to our customers particularly when independent scientific evidence about how myceliated rice can be of any benefit is very limited. 

 

15. Why you don't add anything to make your extracts taste better?

We don't want to mix anything in our liquid extracts so our customers can see the vibrant colours that only real mushroom extracts can have. We believe that adding something else (particularly something that has colour) would prevent our customers from being sure we are not using anything to give colour to diluted extracts. Finally, we and the vast majority of our customers don't think the taste is terrible when taking in consideration only a few drops is being taken at a time.

 

 16. What is the link between Wattle Supplements and Ninth Path?

Wattle Supplements was the side of the business selling products whereas Cogumelo Farm was the farm growing mushrooms. We consolidated all operations (farm + products) under one single brand called Ninth Path. Wattle Supplements and Cogumelo Farm will eventually be discontinued but this will be a process that will take some time. While the re-branding is not completed, you may spot references to Wattle Supplements in the website, e-mails and in the label of some products.