1. Can Ganoderma lucidum spore powder products become health care products?
2. Are Ganoderma lucidum spore powder products all health products?
3. If not, which ganoderma lucidum spore powder products can become health products?
According to the current National General Standard for Health (Functional) Food, the definition of health (functional) food is-it is a kind of food, which has the characteristics of general food, can regulate human function, and is suitable for specific people to eat, but not for the purpose of treating diseases. In other words, as long as ganoderma lucidum spore powder meets this definition, it is qualified to become a health care product.
Then, ganoderma lucidum spore powder undoubtedly conforms to this definition. First, it has all the genetic material and health care functions of Ganoderma lucidum. Up to now, scientists have separated more than 50 kinds of nutrients, such as polysaccharides, triterpenes, etc. 150 from spore powder. Secondly, many authoritative documents and clinical experiments have confirmed that Ganoderma lucidum spore powder has the functions of lowering three highs, improving sleep, enhancing immunity and protecting liver.
Of course, this also illustrates one thing from the side, that is, no matter what kind of ganoderma lucidum spore powder, its basic functions are the same, but its functions are high and low. Triterpenoids and polysaccharides with high nutritional content often play a greater role. According to the statistics of Wushan vegetation, the average content of triterpenoids and polysaccharides in the industry is 0.9%, and the average content of polysaccharides is 1.46%. If there is ganoderma lucidum spore powder, its triterpenoids and polysaccharides content is higher than the industry average, it is called double high ganoderma lucidum spore powder, also known as double high spore powder, which usually has a greater effect.
Well, it seems too far from the point ... are ganoderma lucidum spore powder products all health products? Of course not. According to the relevant national regulations, this product can only be called a health care product if it has a clear and unified sky blue health food logo and the corresponding approval number on the packaging. And this sky-blue logo, because it looks like a hat, is also commonly known as the "police tactical unit" of health products in the industry. Therefore, ganoderma lucidum spore powder with "police tactical unit" must be a health care product. If there is no "police tactical unit", it can be ordinary food and dietary supplements, but it will never be health care products.
However, this alone is not enough. We still need to find out which ganoderma lucidum spore powder products are qualified to be labeled as "police mobile unit" The answer is that there is a "police tactical unit" in any broken ganoderma lucidum spore powder. This is the notice issued by the US Food and Drug Administration on September 2, 2065438:
"... broken ganoderma lucidum spore powder should not be used as the raw material of ordinary food ... Food production and marketing enterprises shall not use broken ganoderma lucidum spore powder as the raw material to produce and process ordinary food, and shall not operate ordinary food containing broken ganoderma lucidum spore powder ... Those who use broken ganoderma lucidum spore powder as the raw material to produce and process health food shall obtain the health food approval number, and those who produce broken ganoderma lucidum spore powder products without the health food approval number will be severely cracked down according to law. "
Yes, you are right. Ganoderma lucidum spore powder itself is divided into two kinds, one is spore powder that has been broken and the other is spore powder that has not been broken. If a ganoderma lucidum spore powder is a health product, it must be broken. Without the approval of health food, that is, without the "police tactical unit", it is impossible to use broken ganoderma lucidum spore powder as raw material.
The reason why the state issued this regulation is mainly because only broken ganoderma lucidum spore powder can play a health care role and be qualified as a health care product. You know, triterpenoids, polysaccharides and other nutrients of Ganoderma lucidum spores are all wrapped by the outermost two layers of cell walls, and these cell walls are still very hard. If you don't break the double wall and eat directly, the nutrition absorbed by the body will be very limited, and it can even be said that it is free. So usually everyone will buy broken ganoderma lucidum spore powder to eat. In addition, according to Dong Zhanchang, plant health manager of Wushan Mountain, a kind of ganoderma lucidum spore powder can be absorbed by the human body to the maximum extent only if it is broken by double walls at low temperature (because it is easy to lose nutrients at high temperature) and the double wall breaking rate is higher than 99%.