Q: Where does the best Hoodia come from?

A: 100 % Hoodia Gordonii powder comes from South Africa where it is grown under commercial cultivation in compliance with South African Government laws.

Q: Which companies offer Real Hoodia Gordonii Succulent?

A: Purchase from a company that only uses 100 % Hoodia Gordonii Succulent in a refined powder form. The main reason for this is that you have a better chance of it being genuine Hoodia Gordonii Succulent because the refined powder is easier to authenticate.

Plus the refined powder is the closest to the Hoodia Gordonii Succulent in it's natural state. (Only water is removed from the plant before it is ground into a fine powder.) Once you start adding other dietary ingredients with the Hoodia Gordonii refined powder the identification process gets more difficult but not impossible.

Q: What is the difference between Hoodia Gordonii refined Powder and Hoodia Gordonii 20:1 extract?

A: As stated in the above answer the Hoodia Gordonii refined powder is the closest you can get to natural Hoodia Gordonii succulent and it's specific botanical markers are easily identifiable.

However the theory is if you take 20 lbs of Hoodia Gordonii Succulent and you extract it through an extreme heat and alcohol process you will end up with a compound that is 20 (twenty) times stronger than it's original mass.

Remember I said "In Theory" because it might be 20 (twenty) times stronger than the original material but that doesn't necessarily meant that it's going to have 20 (twenty) times more of the substance that you are wanting i.e. the P57 molecule.

Two huge suppliers of Hoodia Capsules in America found this out, when both of their products claimed to have Hoodia Gordonii 20:1 extract in them but when they were independently tested there was no discernable Hoodia Gordonii found in them let alone the P57 molecule. (Both companies have since switched over to using all natural Hoodia Gordonii Succulent refined powder in their products.)

There is a scientific problem as well and that is that the natural Hoodia Gordonii Succulents isolated markers that are identifiable in every Hoodia Gordonii Succulent plant in the world is molecularly changed during the extraction process and therefore it is scientifically impossible to identify the original organic material used once it's been through the extraction process.

Q: Would Hoodia Gordonii 20:1 extract cost 20 times more then Hoodia Gordonii refined powder?

A: Yes, so if you see 2 (two) Hoodia Gordonii products using the exact same amount of Hoodia Gordonii but one uses Hoodia Gordonii refined powder and the other uses Hoodia Gordonii 20:1 extract the one with the 20:1 extract should theoretically cost 20 (twenty) times more then the one that uses the refined powder.

Q: Why is there such a big price difference for Hoodia Gordonii Succulent products on the Internet?

A: Genuine Hoodia Gordonii Succulent is expensive and it is getting harder and harder to find. We recommend that you stay away from the cheaper so called Hoodia products.

Did you know that most of the Hoodia supply on the market is being mixed with Optunia? Which means that you are getting a product with watered down Hoodia lacking in the "active" ingredients.

To get the best Hoodia on the market insist on a brand that displays the 'Certificate of Analysis' on the site. This is very important.

Q: What type of Hoodia is best?

A: There are two types of source materials available to manufacturers of Hoodia supplements.

The first is is 100 % Hoodia Gordonii Powder and the second and more commonly used type is what is known as a 20:1 Extract.

Genuine 20:1 extract have thus far proven not be as effective as the 100 % powder and so while on the surface the term "20:1" sounds like a more potent blend of Hoodia, this is not always the case as you can usually tell by the price.

A genuine 20:1 extract should cost much more than pure powder.