From Farm to Bottle: How We Make Our Organic Mushroom Extracts
Good extracts start with good mushrooms. Here’s how we make our organic functional mushroom extracts, from cultivation on our farm in Austria to the finished bottle.
Step 1Growing the mushrooms
On our farm, we grow Lion’s Mane, Reishi, Shiitake and other mushrooms on carefully selected organic substrates. We don’t use any chemical additives.
We also work with specialist farms that we have trained to grow our mushrooms. Chaga is wild-harvested in Scandinavia, and Cordyceps comes from a European partner farm.
Fruiting body or mycelium?
A fungus has two main parts. The mycelium is a network of fine threads that grows underground or inside its food. The fruiting body is what we usually call the mushroom. If the mycelium is the tree, the mushroom is its fruit.
The mushroom releases spores, which can grow into new mycelium.
We make our extracts only from pure fruiting bodies, with no mycelium and none of the grain or wood it grows on. The one exception is our Cordyceps, which is made from mycelium.
Step 2Gentle drying
We dry each mushroom slowly in a controlled process, at temperatures below 35 °C.
Drying at low temperatures is gentler on the mushrooms and helps preserve their natural quality.
Step 3Ultra-fine milling
Next, we mill the dried mushrooms into extremely fine particles. This greatly increases their surface area, which makes extraction more efficient.
We mill the mushrooms immediately before extraction.
Step 4Dual extraction
We first extract the alcohol-soluble substances from the mushrooms, then the substances that dissolve in hot water. Only the fibre is left behind.
The extraction settings vary by mushroom type. They were first taken from Chinese scientific studies and then developed further with European pharmacists.
Step 5Laboratory testing
A leading European laboratory regularly tests our extracts for:
- heavy metals
- bacterial contamination
- more than 200 pesticides
We’re happy to send you the lab reports on request.
Step 6Finishing and bottling
We finish and bottle the extracts under strict hygiene standards.
Once they’ve passed all the tests, the extracts go into airtight amber glass bottles, which protect them from light and keep them fresh.
Find our extracts at TaoVitalis
Our liquid extracts are now sold in our new shop, TaoVitalis.com. Do you have a question about how we work? Read our FAQ or get in touch.
