Score breakdown
Score Breakdown
The product uses Lion's Mane fruiting body (Hericium erinaceus), which scores the maximum 4 points for source type. The extraction method is hot water extraction, which is the established standard for Lion's Mane and scores 1 point. The beta-glucan percentage is not publicly disclosed, so no points are awarded for that sub-dimension. The serving delivers 1,000mg of mushroom extract, meeting the threshold for the maximum dose adequacy score of 2 points.
The brand publicly states the source type (fruiting body) and the extraction method (water extract), earning full marks for those fields. No COA is publicly available, and the beta-glucan percentage is not publicly disclosed, scoring 0 for both those sub-dimensions. The country of origin is not publicly disclosed. With three or more core fields missing, a transparency penalty of -1 has been applied by the platform.
The beta-glucan percentage is not publicly disclosed, so the platform has calculated beta_glucans_per_serving_mg as null and cost per 100mg beta-glucan cannot be calculated. The price per serving is ยฃ0.67, which falls in the ยฃ0.41โยฃ0.70 bracket under the fallback price-per-serving method, giving a base score of 3.0. One point has been deducted because the cost per 100mg beta-glucan cannot be calculated due to the beta-glucan percentage not being publicly disclosed, giving a final value score of 2.0.
The brand has a Trustpilot score of 4.5 stars from 50 reviews, which meets the star threshold but falls below the 500-review count required for the top band, scoring 3 points. Third-party testing is not publicly disclosed and no COA is available, scoring 0 for that sub-dimension. The product is not organically certified, scoring 0 for organic certification.
No subscription option is publicly available, which scores a neutral 2 points. No return policy is publicly disclosed, scoring 0 for that sub-dimension. The product ships to the UK, scoring 2 points for UK availability as it appears to be an international brand shipping to the UK.
By dimension
Standardisation, extraction method, form specificity
Third-party testing, CoA availability, label accuracy
Price per active dose relative to category
Accreditations, regulatory compliance, brand history
Return policy, customer support availability
Key facts
Publicly available data
- Mushroom source
- fruiting body
- Extraction method
- water extract
- Beta-glucan %
- Not publicly disclosed
- Total mushroom/serving
- 1000mg
- COA available
- No
- Organic certified
- No
- Caffeine per serving
- 60mg
- Trustpilot
- 4.5โ (50 reviews)
Score reasoning
Ingredient Quality
The product uses Lion's Mane fruiting body (Hericium erinaceus), which scores the maximum 4 points for source type. The extraction method is hot water extraction, which is the established standard for Lion's Mane and scores 1 point. The beta-glucan percentage is not publicly disclosed, so no points are awarded for that sub-dimension. The serving delivers 1,000mg of mushroom extract, meeting the threshold for the maximum dose adequacy score of 2 points.
Transparency
The brand publicly states the source type (fruiting body) and the extraction method (water extract), earning full marks for those fields. No COA is publicly available, and the beta-glucan percentage is not publicly disclosed, scoring 0 for both those sub-dimensions. The country of origin is not publicly disclosed. With three or more core fields missing, a transparency penalty of -1 has been applied by the platform.
Value
The beta-glucan percentage is not publicly disclosed, so the platform has calculated beta_glucans_per_serving_mg as null and cost per 100mg beta-glucan cannot be calculated. The price per serving is ยฃ0.67, which falls in the ยฃ0.41โยฃ0.70 bracket under the fallback price-per-serving method, giving a base score of 3.0. One point has been deducted because the cost per 100mg beta-glucan cannot be calculated due to the beta-glucan percentage not being publicly disclosed, giving a final value score of 2.0.
Trust
The brand has a Trustpilot score of 4.5 stars from 50 reviews, which meets the star threshold but falls below the 500-review count required for the top band, scoring 3 points. Third-party testing is not publicly disclosed and no COA is available, scoring 0 for that sub-dimension. The product is not organically certified, scoring 0 for organic certification.
Consumer Experience
No subscription option is publicly available, which scores a neutral 2 points. No return policy is publicly disclosed, scoring 0 for that sub-dimension. The product ships to the UK, scoring 2 points for UK availability as it appears to be an international brand shipping to the UK.
Not publicly disclosed
- Beta-glucan percentage
- Certificate of Analysis (COA)
- Country of origin
- Third-party beta-glucan verification
- return_policy_days
- Dose per mushroom species
How Healthy Yeti could improve this score
Path to improvement
+0.4 points to reach Partial Disclosure
+0.4
pts needed
- 1
Publish a beta-glucan percentage from a named third-party laboratory โ this would add up to 6 points across the ingredient quality and transparency dimensions.
- 2
Make a COA publicly available, covering beta-glucans, heavy metals, and microbial testing from an ISO 17025-accredited lab โ this would add up to 3 points to the transparency score and up to 3 points to the trust score.
- 3
Disclose the country of origin for the mushroom material โ this would add 1 point to the transparency score.
- 4
Publish a clear return or money-back guarantee policy โ this would add up to 3 points to the consumer experience score.
Actions that would raise this brand's disclosure score. See methodology for full scoring rules.
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