Commodity ingredient prices tell you nothing about the value of the science inside

Curcumin: $3-34/kg commodity, $60-600/kg branded. Astaxanthin: $2,500/kg synthetic (aquaculture), $7,000+/kg natural (supplement). Saffron stigma: $5,000-10,000/kg raw, $0.30/dose clinical. Ginseng root: $50-200/kg standard, $10,000-50,000/kg wild. The spread between commodity price and branded price is entirely a function of scientific understanding: mechanism and patent and clinical evidence and brand = 5-20x premium.Publications of interest:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10061533/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6806606/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9654660/