Comment · Thu, January 18, 2018 · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot

Is Shoku Iku a trustworthy source of nootropics?

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SoraAngel · 1 points

Hi everyone, I am just a simple beginner in the world of Nootropics so I simply know the basics, I was about to buy some mushroom extracts from nootropics depot when I thought I'd check the prices of other places and compare, which was when I stumbled onto the Shoku Iku from Australia website. They are selling 80 grams of Brahmi (Bacopa Monnieri) for 8.99, but in nootropics depot the price for 60 grams is 40 dollars. The deciding factor is that Shoku Iku doesn't have any lab records out or anything that can show the purity of their products so I decided I'd share this place in the wonderful land of Reddit and see if any fellow humans could help me out on this one!! Thanks for reading~

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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic & Nootropics Depot

The price of ours you are quoting is for a potent extract of bacopa called Synapsa. That's one of the most expensive extracts of bacopa out there. The stuff on Shoku Iku is just bulk powder, not an extract. Our other bacopa extract, Bacognize, is $24.99 for 125 grams. That's a lot cheaper than the Synapsa, and is an extract that has been tested for heavy metals as well.

Also, bacopa is one of the most commonly rejected natural extracts recently, due to lower than stated bacoside levels, and higher heavy metals limits; since it chelates heavy metals from soil easily. So testing is key. The reason we have been out of stock on the Synapsa so long is that at least 4 batches of it have been rejected for being out of spec by PLT. On top of that, we have been trying to offer our own bacopa extract apart from the Synapsa and Bacognize we already sell, and we have rejected every batch so far for either having half the stated bacosides, or higher heavy metals. Bacopa quality is VERY bad right now for some reason. So do not trust anything without testing.

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