To understand the variation in the price of Hoodia products, it is necessary to understand exactly what Hoodia Gordonii is. Hoodia Gordonii is a rare succulent plant that is found in the Kalahari Desert of Southern Africa. It grows wild in the desert, but has proven notoriously difficult to cultivate. There are many varieties of Hoodia growing all over Africa, but only Hoodia Gordonii has proved to contain P57, an active ingredient that causes loss of appetite. P57 is only found in the inner flesh, the core of Hoodia Gordonii. Its roots, leaves, stems and spiny outer covering contain no P57, and so have no effect on appetite at all. Hoodia gordonii is a rare plant, and having been over harvested, it is now on the endangered list. It can only be exported out of South Africa with a CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) certificate.
With the epidemic of obesity overtaking our world, and the dictates of health and fashion demanding a slim body, this natural appetite suppressant with no side effects has quickly become one of the most sought after supplements. This demand has led to hundreds of companies supplying Hoodia products, not all of which contain pure hoodia gordonii.
Alkemist Pharmaceuticals, a highly respected laboratory tested hundreds of samples of hoodia gordonii that had been willingly sent to them, and declared over 80% of these products fraud. Some of the products had no hoodia gordonii in them at all, but had used one of the other hoodia plants – the other hoodias have no effect on appetite at all.
Other products did use hoodia gordonii, but unfortunately, they used the entire plant – leaves, stems, roots and skin – and this reduced the effectiveness of the remedy by 40%.
Therefore, as you can see hoodia gordonii does come at a price. Firstly, it has to be certified by CITES, and then imported from South Africa. Secondly, it has to be tested by a reputed laboratory that will certify that it is genuine hoodia gordonii. Thirdly, to be fully effective, only the core of the hoodia gordonii can be used in the supplement, the rest of the plant must be discarded as it does not contain P57 and hence has no effect on appetite suppression.
You can see how the expense is building up there. By the time hoodia gordonii is finally packaged and ready to be handed over to the customer, it has already cost the manufacturer a fair amount.
Compare a month’s supply of just 3 Hoodia products:
Hoodia gordonii 400mg sells at £6.55
Extra strength hoodia gordonii 800mg sells at £12.80
UniqueHoodia sells at £37.37
You can see the difference in the price range quite easily here. Ask yourself this question – is it possible for a company to import a rare and endangered plant from South Africa with proper certification, get it thoroughly tested at reputed laboratories, manufacture the capsules, package the product, advertise it and then sell a month’s supply for just £6.55 or even £12.80 ?
Don’t forget the results of Alkemist Pharmaceuticals’ tests – only 20% of the supplements they tested were genuine and up to par.
Take UniqueHoodia now. They sell a month’s supply of Hoodia Gordonii at £37.37
They also show you a CITES certificate, an Organics Annex Certificate, a Certificate of Analysis and their supplements have not only been tested and passed by Alkemist Pharmaceuticals but by CNL (Certified Natural Laboratories) as well.
UniqueHoodia sells supplements that are fresh, safe and pure 100% real hoodia gordonii.
Are they expensive? Maybe. Are they value for money? Most certainly!