Comment · Sat, August 1, 2020 · ND Owner
Shoden Ashwagandha
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Berengersbottle · 37 points
I noticed y’all have a new ashwagandha and it looks exciting. For context, I’ve been taking ksm 66 for the better part of two years. It has phenomenal stress-reducing effects.
Would shoden be better? Has anybody on here given it a shot? There’s not a lot of info on this extract.
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solothesensei · 4 points
Haha! I also DM-ed you about Shoden this May, but guess I was one year late 😅 It's in a very cool product by a brand called Glaxon.
Just curious - what steps can be taken to reduce the variability in capsule weight? I have my own personal setup (manual capsule filler) and this is something I face all the time!
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Yeah, we were already well into the process with Shoden at that point. I always appreciate people PMing me things they find, though! Many times I have not heard of them, and we can start looking into possibly offering them.
So reducing capsule weight variance depends on the machine you are using. With Shoden, we were able to not use any fillers. So our capsule size we chose was a perfect fit for the milling size/density of Shoden. The issue is that you have to run your machines slow enough to not rush it. You have to find a balance between efficient speeds and accurate fills. We have just been pushing really hard to get some of these things out. So it may have been a bit rushed. It is easily fixable, but just requires redoing shit. We will likely auto-sort them, and only redo the ones falling outside of spec.
Another way you can get consistency is to go up a size in capsule, then use a filler and excipient that more easily flows on the machine you are using. We try to avoid this, though. If we can get things into capsules accurately without fillers or excipients, we do. It can just result in issues like this that need to be redone.
Manual capsule fillers are a totally different beast to the semi-autos and autos we use. That is more about your formulation and tamping pressure you use. Getting a better manual machine is always better. The small cheap ones are hard to get consistency with.