McMyco Fantastic 5 Mushroom Powder, 200 g

Five separate bags of mushroom powder mean five spoons every morning. McMyco Fantastic 5 is a mushroom powder that puts Chaga, Cordyceps, Lion's Mane, Reishi and Maitake in one 200 g pack, so one teaspoon holds all five.

What is in McMyco Fantastic 5 powder

McMyco describes it as organic powder made from 100% fruiting body, the part you would recognise as the mushroom.

• Chaga (Inonotus obliquus): grows in cold regions such as Canada, Siberia and Northern Europe. From outside it looks like burnt wood.
• Cordyceps sinensis: cultivated on natural, organic growing media, according to McMyco.
• Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus): a white mushroom with long spines, called pruikzwam in Dutch.
• Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum): reddish-brown, known in China as Lingzhi and used there for over 2,000 years.
• Maitake (Grifola frondosa): eikhaas in Dutch. McMyco says it has been used in Japan for over 3,000 years.

McMyco's ingredient line gives no amount per mushroom, so we cannot say how the 200 g is divided.

How McMyco says to take it

The serving is one teaspoon, about 1.5 g, once a day, stirred into hot water or added to a shake. McMyco states that a serving contains around 75 mg of polysaccharides and beta-glucans. At that rate 200 g gives about 133 servings, a little over four months.

One retailer describes the taste as mild and suggests fruit, ginger, lemon or plant-based milk with it.

Powder or capsules

McMyco also sells Fantastic 5 as capsules, and that is a different recipe. Retailer ingredient lists show 80 mg of extract from each of the five mushrooms per capsule, plus 15 mg of vitamin C, 2 mg of zinc and magnesium citrate as a filler. For the powder, McMyco lists mushroom powder only.

The powder does not suit you if you want a stated amount of each mushroom, or if you prefer to swallow a supplement without tasting it.

What to know

This is a food supplement. We make no claims about what it does for your health. Do not exceed the recommended daily amount, do not use it in place of a varied diet, and keep it out of reach of children. Ask your doctor first if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, taking medication or have health complaints. Keep the pack closed, cool and dry.

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