Drying process
Sustainable drying ensures that none of the medicinal mushrooms are lost. Before the mushrooms are dried, we subject them to comprehensive testing. More than 200 parameters such as microbial contamination, radioactivity and heavy metals are checked. The mushrooms are only dried once the laboratory has categorised them as free from contamination. If possible, the mushrooms are dried in the sun or in special drying ovens that are not heated above 40°C. This ensures that the chitin contained in the mushrooms is removed. In this way, the ingredients contained in the chitin, such as polysaccharides and others, are not lost. The drying ovens are heated with the harvested substrate packs and the packaging is recycled. This protects the environment and no resources are wasted.
The extraction
We focus on gentle extraction according to the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). This enables us to achieve the highest bioavailability. Extraction is a standardised TCM process that makes it possible to obtain valuable polysaccharides and beta-glucans from the mushrooms and make them bioavailable for the human metabolism. This process corresponds to the latest technical developments and requires a great deal of expertise: Different temperatures and times are required for each type of mushroom in order to extract the polysaccharides from the mushroom'schitinous carapace.
During extraction, the dried pieces of mushrooms are heated continuously for several hours without boiling, which gradually loosens the chitin and protein bonds. The number of repetitions of this method controls the polysaccharide content. Once this process is complete, the soluble components are separated from the solid components and only the soluble parts are further processed into the high-quality raw material using a special drying process.
State-of-the-art technology for pure medicinal mushrooms
Gentle drying, finely tuned pulverisation and careful extraction are the basic prerequisites for our raw materials and crucial for their effectiveness. The individual processing of each type of mushroom is of crucial importance for the quality of our products. We have perfected the steps of drying, pulverisation and extraction through many years of experience and with state-of-the-art technologies. The quality is continuously monitored by laboratories in order to guarantee our customers the highest quality medicinal mushroom raw materials at all times.
The result: top quality with a seal
We offer reliable and certified quality from start to finish to provide you with the best and most valuable medicinal mushroom products. Our top priority is the safety and purity of our products so that we can offer our customers only the best medicinal mushrooms. We ensure that every batch is subject to strict quality controls to meet the highest standards.
Inspection seal: DE-ÖKO-007