Traditional Foods
Traditional foods and culinary formulas use the sclerotium powder as poria, without an extract claim.
Poria Cocos Powder
- Mushroom Source
- Poria
- Latin Name
- Poria cocos
Product Description
Poria cocos is dug, not picked. The wrinkled lump is a sclerotium, the storage organ under the tree, also filed as Wolfiporia extensa. There is no cap to put on the label.
Traditional decoctions and formula powders are the usual home. That is not the same purchase as a high-assay extract. Call it poria powder unless the COA states an assay, confirm the part is sclerotium, and check microbiology if it is going into food.
Specification
| Mushroom Source | Poria | Latin Name | Poria cocos |
|---|
Applications
Capsules
Capsules call it poria powder unless an assay is actually what was standardised.
Decoctions
Decoctions traditionally boil the cut sclerotium. This powder is the milled form of that same organ.
Classic Formulas
Classic formulas place it among other herbs, under Poria cocos or Wolfiporia extensa.
FAQ
Which part of Poria is the powder?
The sclerotium, not a fruiting body.
Is this an extract?
Only if the COA says it was extracted and gives an assay. A milled sclerotium is a powder.
What Latin name should we print?
Poria cocos. Wolfiporia extensa is the same fungus under another name. Use one.
What should a food buyer check?
Identity, mesh if it matters to the process, moisture and microbiology.
