NeurOasis®

NeurOasis® is designed for supplement and functional food brands developing products around focus, mental clarity, cognitive wellness, and healthy aging. As a Lion’s Mane-based branded ingredient, it can support premium brain-health concepts in capsules, tablets, powder sticks, gummies, and beverage formats.

This ingredient is especially relevant for brands targeting students, professionals, older adults, and consumers seeking natural cognitive wellness support.

Key Positioning

• Branded Lion’s Mane ingredient
• Positioned for cognitive support and brain-health concepts
• Suitable for focus, clarity, memory, and healthy-aging supplement lines
• Useful for capsules, tablets, powder blends, sachets, and beverages
• Premium alternative to generic Lion’s Mane extract

Fruiting body or mycelium

NeurOasis® is based on lion’s mane (Hericium erinaceus). The part of the mushroom used matters: the fruiting body contains compounds called hericenones, while the mycelium contains erinacines. Products made from mycelium grown on grain can also carry a lot of starch from the grain. Ask which part NeurOasis® uses and how it is extracted. FC also supplies a generic Lion’s Mane Mushroom Extract.

Beta-glucan versus “polysaccharides”

Many mushroom extracts are sold on a “polysaccharide” percentage measured by a colour reaction that also counts starch and other sugars. Beta-glucan measured by an enzymatic method is a better guide to mushroom content. Compare offers on the same method. Mushrooms take up heavy metals such as cadmium and lead from their substrate, so ask for heavy metal results on every lot.

Claims

Cognitive and brain-health positioning must stay within the claims allowed in your market. For NeurOasis® specifications and documentation, WhatsApp us.

Halal certification

This ingredient is listed as “NeurOasis” on FC Materials’ Halal certificate (Sijil Pengesahan Halal, MS 1500:2019), issued through the Penang Islamic Religious Council (MAINPP) and the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM). Reference JAKIM.700-2/3/1 105-07/2022, valid until 15 October 2028. Ask us for a copy.

What to ask for on the certificate of analysis

• Species (Latin name) and the part used: fruiting body, mycelium or sclerotium; for mycelium, the growth substrate
• Extraction solvent (water, ethanol or both), extraction ratio and any carrier with its percentage
• Beta-glucan by an enzymatic method (for example the Megazyme method), reported separately from total polysaccharides
• Starch or alpha-glucan (high values point to grain substrate or carrier rather than mushroom)
• Hericenones or erinacines, if specified, with the method
• Loss on drying, heavy metals (lead, arsenic, cadmium, mercury) and pesticide residues
• Microbiology: total plate count, yeast and mould, E. coli, Salmonella
• Batch number, manufacture and retest dates