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Cloverdale Pharmasave Spotlights Purica Power Cordyceps, Grown by NuCelium

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Originally featured in Cloverdale Pharmasave.

When a pharmacist sits down to explain where energy really comes from, it’s worth listening. In a new article for Cloverdale Pharmasave Health Centre in Surrey, BC, pharmacist Lyle Sunada walks readers through how the body makes energy at the cellular level. The cordyceps product at the centre of his article, Purica Power Cordyceps, is made with cordyceps we grow.

Energy starts in the cell

Sunada’s starting point is simple: the energy we feel doesn’t come from the coffee cup. It comes from ATP, the molecule our cells produce to power everything from a heartbeat to a thought. Most of that ATP is made inside the mitochondria, which is why so much of the article focuses on supporting them.

From there, the article looks at four nutrients that each play a part in that system: cordyceps, creatine, coenzyme Q10 and magnesium. Sunada compares the cell to a power plant, with each one doing a different job.

Cordyceps, without the jitters

Cordyceps leads the list. Sunada describes it as a mushroom that works with the body’s own energy production rather than acting as a stimulant, which is a big part of why it has become popular with athletes and active adults.

The product he features is Purica Power Cordyceps. As the article notes, it is made from Canadian-grown Cordyceps militaris, standardized to contain more than 3 mg/g of cordycepin, and took top honours at the Cordy Cup, an independent competition judged on cordycepin content and quality.

Purica’s brand, NuCelium’s mushrooms

Purica, the first Canadian company to bring medicinal mushrooms to market, sources its cordyceps from us. The Cordyceps militaris in Power Cordyceps is grown by NuCelium, and every detail the article highlights comes from our facility in Coldstream, BC:

  • Canadian-grown. We cultivate our Cordyceps militaris start to finish in our solar-powered facility, never imported and relabelled.
  • Standardized, not estimated. Our CordyFuel 10X™ is guaranteed above 3 mg/g cordycepin, and every batch is verified by third-party UPLC testing.
  • Proven in competition. The Cordy Cup result belongs to our CordyFuel, which posted 14.83 mg/g cordycepin at the 2025 event, the highest result in its history.

This is how we work: we grow and verify the ingredient, and brands like Purica build trusted products around it. You can read more about the partnership in our Purica case study.

Read the full article

Sunada’s piece is a clear, practical introduction to cellular energy, and it also covers creatine, CoQ10 and magnesium in more depth than we have here. If you’re in Surrey, the team at Cloverdale Pharmasave can help you find the right fit.