The truth about mushrooms gummies (and why we'll never make them)

Feb 04, 2026

Posted by: Simon Bateman

I get asked all the time, “Why don’t you make mushroom gummies?”

Honest answer? Because I actually want the mushrooms to work.

What Gummies Hide

Hidden Sugars...

Even “no added sugar” versions contain glucose syrups or sugar alcohols. These spike insulin, feed dysbiotic gut bacteria and actively interfere with nutrient absorption.

Your gut is exactly where adaptogens need to work and sugar disrupts that process.

Heat Damage

Gummies require high temperatures to set. This heat destroys beta-glucans and other heat-sensitive polysaccharides, the very compounds that make functional mushrooms effective. You’re literally cooking away the medicine to make it chewable.

Fillers and Additives

Pectin, citric acid, “natural flavours” (often synthetic), colouring agents. None of this supports your health. All of it dilutes the actual therapeutic compounds you’re paying for.

Why Tinctures Are Different

When you extract mushrooms using cold alcohol or glycerin extraction, you preserve the full spectrum of bioactive compounds. No heat damage. No sugar interference. No fillers.

The benefits

∙ Cold extraction preserves all active compounds

∙ Zero sugars blocking absorption

∙ Sublingual delivery reaches your bloodstream in minutes

∙ Pure mushroom extract - nothing else

This is the form traditional medicine has used for thousands of years. Not because it tastes good. Because it works.

The Choice We Made

When I formulated Flow Brew after my own burnout, I had a choice, make something convenient or make something effective.

I chose effective.

Tinctures aren’t sexy. They don’t taste like candy. But if you’re dealing with burnout, brain fog, or chronic stress - you need compounds that actually reach your system intact.

That’s why we only make tinctures.

Real extraction. Real results.

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