Our certificates for Amanita-based products
☢️ COMMENT ON EACH INDICATOR
1. Specific activity of cesium-137 (Cs-137):
Not detected (<2.40 Bq/kg)
Standard (specified by the customer): <2500 Bq/kg
Assessment:
✔️ A level below 2.4 Bq/kg is an ultralow value, practically background zero.
✔️ For comparison:
- EU permissible limit for mushrooms — 600 Bq/kg,
- Ukraine’s limit for dried mushrooms — 2500 Bq/kg,
- average level in wild mushrooms in Ukraine — 40–800 Bq/kg.
This means that this amanita:
👉 is absolutely clean, with no traces of radioactive contamination,
👉 is even lower than the background levels of most food products.
2. Specific activity of strontium-90 (Sr-90):
Not detected (<2.00 Bq/kg)
Standard (specified by the customer): <250 Bq/kg
Assessment:
✔️ No strontium detected.
✔️ In most wild mushrooms after rainfall or from radioactive areas, Sr-90 is often found at levels of 5–30 Bq/kg.
Here — complete absence, which indicates:
- a clean collection / production region,
- no radiological contamination,
- compliance with even the strictest sanitary standards.
✅ COMMENT ON EACH INDICATOR
1. Detection of Salmonella spp. — NOT DETECTED
What this means:
Salmonella is one of the most dangerous foodborne pathogens.
Assessment:
✔️ Absolute norm.
✔️ Safe indicator.
2. Detection of Staphylococcus aureus — NOT DETECTED
What this is:
A bacterium that causes food poisoning.
Assessment:
✔️ Excellent.
✔️ The product contains no staphylococcus.
🧪 TRACE ELEMENTS / HEAVY METALS
❗ Important: there are no official standards for amanita, as it is not an edible mushroom.
Therefore, the evaluation is based on:
- toxicological threshold levels for mushroom raw materials (EU/WHO),
- natural average concentrations of Amanita muscaria.
3. Mercury content (Hg): 0.63 mg/kg
Natural range for mushrooms: 0.02–1.5 mg/kg
EU limit for mushrooms: ≤0.80 mg/kg
Assessment:
✔️ Within natural levels.
⚠️ Quite high, but does NOT exceed toxicological standards.
4. Cadmium content (Cd): 12.3 mg/kg
Natural range for Amanita: 5–30 mg/kg
EU limit for edible mushrooms: 2.0 mg/kg
❗ But amanita is not consumed in kilograms, so toxicological limits cannot be applied directly.
Assessment:
✔️ Typical level for amanita.
5. Lead content (Pb): 0.13 mg/kg
EU limit for mushrooms: ≤0.30 mg/kg
Natural range: 0.05–2 mg/kg
Assessment:
✔️ Very low indicator.
✔️ Cleaner raw material than the average wild mushroom.
6. Arsenic content (As): 0.44 mg/kg
Standard (organic As in mushrooms): up to 1 mg/kg
Mushrooms predominantly contain non-toxic organic arsenobetaine.
Assessment:
✔️ Lower than the average for forest mushrooms (0.5–3 mg/kg).
✔️ Safe for raw material.
7. Copper content (Cu): 33.5 mg/kg
Natural range for mushrooms: 20–200 mg/kg
Copper is a natural trace element.
Assessment:
✔️ Normal level.
✔️ Safe, typical for wild mushrooms.
8. Zinc content (Zn): 112 mg/kg
Natural range for Amanita muscaria: 25–150 mg/kg
No official standards exist.
Assessment:
✔️ Value is fully within the natural range for amanita.
✔️ Zinc is not a toxic metal in such amounts.
✔️ Slightly above average, but absolutely typical for mushrooms growing in mineral-rich soils.
Our certificates for Hericium erinaceus products
🧪 COMMENTS ON ALL INDICATORS
1. Mercury content (Hg): NOT DETECTED (<0.02 mg/kg)
What this means:
Mercury is a toxic metal, typically found in mushrooms at 0.02–1.0 mg/kg depending on the region.
Assessment:
✔️ Perfectly clean indicator.
✔️ The value is below the detection limit, meaning complete absence of mercury in the sample.
2. Cadmium content (Cd): 0.046 mg/kg
Typical range for mushrooms: 0.05–2.0 mg/kg
EU limit for edible mushrooms: ≤0.20 mg/kg
Assessment:
✔️ Ultra-low, atypical level for mushrooms.
Lion’s mane usually accumulates cadmium, but here the value is 4–5 times lower than the food safety limit.
✔️ This indicates a clean cultivation substrate / clean harvesting region.
3. Lead content (Pb): NOT DETECTED (<0.1 mg/kg)
EU limit for mushrooms: ≤0.30 mg/kg
Typical concentration in wild mushrooms: 0.1–2 mg/kg
Assessment:
✔️ Complete absence of lead.
✔️ For wild mushrooms this is almost unheard of — a premium-quality raw material level.
4. Arsenic content (As): NOT DETECTED (<0.05 mg/kg)
Standard for organic arsenic in mushrooms: ≤1 mg/kg
Most mushrooms contain 0.3–2.0 mg/kg in the form of non-toxic arsenobetaine.
Assessment:
✔️ Absolute purity — no traces of arsenic.
✔️ Significantly better than average mushroom values (which typically accumulate arsenic).
5. Copper content (Cu): 5.60 mg/kg
Natural range for lion’s mane: 5–30 mg/kg
Copper is an essential trace element, often elevated in mushrooms.
Assessment:
✔️ Lower edge of the normal range.
✔️ The mushroom was grown or harvested in a very clean environment.
✔️ No toxicological risks.
6. Zinc content (Zn): 25.2 mg/kg
Typical range for Hericium erinaceus: 20–150 mg/kg
Zinc is a beneficial trace element and NOT considered a heavy metal.
Assessment:
✔️ Perfectly natural indicator.
✔️ 25 mg/kg is a low, environmentally clean level for lion’s mane.
✔️ A good marker of “normal” organic mushroom growth.
