Super Achiever Organic Lion's Mane Review
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Skip it if you want lion's mane the way the trials used it: fruiting body with verified beta-glucans. This is an organic blend with mycelium that states polysaccharides, shows no testing and costs $45 a month.
$45$1.50 / serving · 60 capsules (30 servings)
Why It Scores 5.1 — And The Label Line Behind Each Number
Form honesty (fruiting body vs mycelium-on-grain)
40% of scoreThe panel reads fruiting body and mycelium powder. The fruiting-body part is what the trials used; the mycelium part usually brings grain starch with it. The label does not give the split, and it is a powder, not an extract.
- Active form
- Organic Hericium erinaceus fruiting body and mycelium powder; the split is not stated
Verified beta-glucans (not 'polysaccharides')
25% of scoreThe label states 40% polysaccharides, 400 mg per serving. That is the figure this criterion is named against: starch is a polysaccharide too. No beta-glucan percentage is given.
- Standardisation
- 40% polysaccharides (400 mg); no beta-glucan figure
Extraction + dose
15% of score1,000 mg of powder per serving, not an extract. The main trial used 3 g of fruiting body a day (Mori 2009).
- Per serving
- 1,000 mg, 2 vegan capsules
Third-party testing + transparency
12% of scoreThe ingredient line says organic. We could read no certifier's seal, and no heavy-metal, microbial or potency testing is stated on the label or the shop page.
- Certifications
- None on the label that we could read
Value / cost-per-serving
8% of score$45 for 30 servings is $1.50 a serving, the highest on the list. Real Mushrooms costs about $32 a month.
- Price
- $45 · $1.50 per serving
- More Specs
- Bottle
- 60 vegan capsules · 30 servings
- Other ingredients
- Vegan capsule (modified cellulose, water)
- Label
- Supplement Facts panel read Oct 7, 2026; it spells the species Hericum
Marketing Claims Vs. Reality
Supports memory, focus and brain health
This line is on the front label. Small trials found cognitive benefits with gram-level doses of fruiting body in older adults (Mori 2009, Saitsu 2019). A 1,000 mg fruiting-body and mycelium blend has not been tested.
Standardized to 40% polysaccharides
Printed on the Supplement Facts panel. No independent assay is published, and polysaccharides are not the same as beta-glucans.
Extract
The shop title calls the product an extract. The Supplement Facts panel lists fruiting body and mycelium powder.
What Our Test Actually Found
Polysaccharides are the wrong yardstick
Any grain-grown mycelium product can post a high polysaccharide figure, because starch counts. Beta-glucans are the fraction that marks real mushroom content, and the label does not report them.
The shop title and the label disagree
The shop calls it an extract. The panel says powder. We scored what the panel says.
What would move the score
A pure fruiting-body extract with a tested beta-glucan percentage on the label. That is what the top of the list sells for less.
Full analysis: all pros & cons (7), buy if / skip if
- Organic, single ingredient, vegan capsule
- Contains fruiting body, the part the human trials used
- 1,000 mg per serving with the standardisation printed
- Sold direct from our own shop
- Blended with mycelium, which usually carries grain starch
- Polysaccharides are stated, not beta-glucans
- $45 a month, more than the fruiting-body extracts at the top
- You want an organic lion's mane in a vegan capsule and accept a blend
- You like the standardisation printed, even if it is polysaccharides
- You want to buy direct from the shop behind this site
- You want pure fruiting body with verified beta-glucans; Real Mushrooms and FreshCap lead the list
- Price matters; the top extracts cost about a third less per month
- You want published third-party testing
The human trials used the fruiting body. Mycelium is typically grown on grain and dried with it, so a blend carries starch that counts as polysaccharide on a label without being the beta-glucan you want. The top picks are fruiting-body extracts with a printed, tested beta-glucan percentage, for about $30 a month.
This is our own product, and we scored it with the same five criteria as every other lion's mane on our list. The Supplement Facts panel shows 1,000 mg of organic lion's mane fruiting body and mycelium powder per two capsules, standardised to 40% polysaccharides. Our method puts most of its weight on two things: a pure fruiting-body source and a verified beta-glucan figure. This is a blend with mycelium, it reports polysaccharides instead, and at $45 a month it costs more than the extracts that lead the list.
Organic and cleanly made, and not what the evidence points to
Our lion's mane is an organic blend in a clean capsule. By our criteria it ranks last: the list is built on pure fruiting-body extracts with verified beta-glucans, and this is a powder blend that reports polysaccharides and costs more. If you want lion's mane for focus or memory, buy one of the top two.
If This Doesn’t Fit — Try These
Real Mushrooms Lion's Mane Mushroom Cognition
Fruiting-body extract with verified beta-glucans.
FreshCap Premium Organic Lions Mane Capsules
Organic fruiting-body extract with a stated beta-glucan figure.
Nootropics Depot Lions Mane Mushroom 8:1 Dual Extract
A dual extract with published testing.
Quick Answers
Is this your own product?
Yes. Super Achiever Club sells it in our own shop. We scored it with the same five criteria as every other product in this category, and it ranks where that score puts it.
Is it fruiting body or mycelium?
Both. The panel lists fruiting body and mycelium powder and does not give the proportions.
Is it an extract?
No. The Supplement Facts panel lists powder standardised to 40% polysaccharides.
Sources & Further Reading
2 peer-reviewed sources, each linked to PubMed
- [1] Mori 2009 PMID 18844328 — Improving effects of the mushroom Yamabushitake (Hericium erinaceus) on mild cognitive impairment: a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. Double-blind trial in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: 3 g a day of lion's mane fruiting-body powder for 16 weeks improved cognitive scores against placebo, and the gain faded after stopping.
- [2] Saitsu 2019 PMID 31413233 — Improvement of cognitive functions by oral intake of Hericium erinaceus. Trial in 31 healthy older adults: 2.4 g/day of Hericium erinaceus for 12 weeks significantly improved scores on a standardized Japanese cognitive test, with good safety and adherence. A supporting cognition signal in a non-impaired older population that backs the fruiting-body, weeks-long approach.
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