Shiitake Supercritical™ Full-Spectrum Extract

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Australian-grown Shiitake, extracted three ways to capture lentinan, eritadenine and ergothioneine, the compounds researched for immune, heart and cellular health.

MYCOfactor Shiitake Supercritical™ Full-Spectrum Extract is a liquid extract made from 100% Australian-grown Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) fruiting body. We grow every mushroom ourselves at Urban Valley, our farm in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, then extract it with our Supercritical™ Triple-Phase process, an Australian first.

Key facts

• Mushroom: Shiitake (Lentinula edodes), fruiting body only
• Grown: Urban Valley, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia. We grow and harvest every mushroom ourselves
• Extraction: Supercritical™ Triple-Phase (supercritical CO2, ethanol and hot water)
• Key compounds: lentinan, eritadenine, ergothioneine, beta-glucans
• Suggested serve: 1ml per day
• Sizes: 30ml (30 serves, 30 days) or 100ml (100 serves, 100 days)
• How to take: shake, then add to water or coffee, or drop straight onto the tongue
• Organic: National Standard organic certification with Southern Cross Organic in progress
• No rice, no imports, not diluted

How Supercritical™ Triple-Phase extraction works

We add gas and pressure to traditional methods to pull more from every mushroom. Standard dual extracts use alcohol and water only, which leaves many fat-soluble compounds behind. Our process runs three separate extractions on the same fruiting body:

• Phase 1, supercritical CO2: captures fat-soluble compounds, including ergosterol
• Phase 2, ethanol: captures alcohol-soluble compounds
• Phase 3, hot water: captures water-soluble compounds, including lentinan, eritadenine, ergothioneine and beta-glucans

The three phases are combined into one full-spectrum liquid, so a single suggested 1ml serve carries compounds from all three.

Why does that matter? You might wonder why you would take Shiitake as an extract when you can simply cook with it. Cooking is a great way to enjoy it, but it only gets you part of the way. Every mushroom cell is wrapped in a tough wall made of chitin, the same hard fibre found in crab and prawn shells, and our bodies can barely break it down, even after cooking. Lentinan, the beta-glucan unique to Shiitake, is part of that wall, so much of it passes straight through you.

Extraction pulls it out of the wall, so your body can actually make use of it. It also concentrates lentinan, eritadenine and ergothioneine into a few drops, so you get them every day without needing Shiitake on your plate every day. Our hot water and alcohol phases draw out those three compounds. Under our NEW high-pressure method, CO2 gas becomes more like a liquid and grabs the fatty compounds the other two phases miss, including ergosterol, a sterol found in mushrooms. In our closed-loop system, the pressure is then released, the CO2 turns back into a gas, and what is left behind is a super-concentrated extract. We combine all three, so each suggested serve carries the lot.

The compounds in every serve

• Lentinan: a beta-glucan unique to Shiitake, studied for immune support
• Eritadenine: studied for its role in maintaining healthy cholesterol levels
• Ergothioneine: an antioxidant studied for protecting cells from oxidative stress
• Beta-glucans: polysaccharides studied for immune resilience

Frequently asked questions

Why take Shiitake as an extract if I already eat it?
Cooking doesn't break down the tough chitin walls that hold lentinan, so much of it passes straight through. An extract frees those compounds and concentrates them into a suggested 1ml serve.

How is MYCOfactor Shiitake different from other Shiitake extracts?
It is grown in Australia by our own team, made from fruiting body only, and extracted in three phases rather than two.

Where is it grown?
It is grown at Urban Valley, our indoor mushroom farm in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. Nothing is imported.

When should I take it?
You can take it at any time of day, and most people add it to water or their morning coffee. We suggest 1ml a day, and you are welcome to adjust it to suit your body.

Can I take it with other MYCOfactor extracts?
Yes, you can. All five extracts come together in the Complete Supercritical™ Extract Pack.

Please note: Check with your health professional before consuming if you are taking blood-thinning or immune-modulating medication, or if you have any specific health concerns.