PRODUCT DATA SHEET

Product code:		LEMEXT
Description:		Brown granules; 95% through 20 mesh or finer
Extract ratio:		20 kg dried mycelia produces 1 kg extract
Technology:		Solid state pure culture process
Treatment:		Water extraction at 60oC.
Substrate:		Sterilized enriched bagasse
Inoculation:		Aseptically inoculated with pure Lentinula edodes 
			mycelia culture
Incubation:		Sterile conditions maintained by high efficiency 
			air filtration
Harvest:		Pre-mushroom stage
Extraction Time:	4 - 5 hours
Separation:		Fibrous mushroom materials separated by 
			bag filtration
Concentration:		Evaporation under vacuum
Carrier:		70% dextrose
Final processing:	Fluid bed dehydrator (Product also available in freeze-dried form)
Shelf life:		Twenty-four months
Active agents:		Polysaccharides and lignins	

PHYSICAL		Percent
Moisture:		< 10.0
Protein:		   3.8
Lipids:			   0.5
Carbohydrates:		  85.1
Ash:			   3.2

MINERALS		ug/gram
Phosphorus:	       14500.
Potassium:	        7750.
Magnesium:		2680.

HEAVY METALS		ug/gram
Lead:			 none detected
Cadmium:	   	 none detected
Arsenic:		 none detected
Mercury:		 none detected

MICROBIOLOGICAL
Total plate count	NMT 5000 CFU/gram
Total Coliform		Negative
Pesticides 		Negative for Organochlorines

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Garuda International, Inc.

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