Kudzu Root Powder Organic - Pueraria Thomsonii, 1 lb,(Starwest Botanicals)

Looks like some people expected a cooking thickener. I expected an got a bitter root powder. It feels helpful, but it tastes nasty, I mix it with ground flax, nutritional yeast, turmeric, spirulina as those are the things I take as supplements not for taste. mix in warm water, take a breath and chug, plain water chaser. Maybe I'll get capsules next time but this is cheaper.

My own fault, I should have read the description more carefully. It is probably just fine as an herbal remedy, but it is not a cooking ingredient.

Great product

Great Product!!

Ordered for making tincture, and it turned out to be much weaker than what I'm used to getting from the Whole Foods bulk herb section (which is closed during covid). This does seem clean and I don't suspect it's diluted, but it's a fraction of the strength of what I'm used to, so it's practically useless to me. It's also less finely powdered, but that's not a big deal.

Kudzu is an excellent thickener, and much healthier then cornstarch. Also, using it regularly stops my sugar cravings!

So I fell for it too.... I feel bad giving this one star since it probably is used for Chinese medicine. But even in the description of the product it says " Organic Kudzu Root Powder is used for cooking in China as a thickening agent when making sauces, soups and puddings." This product ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT work as a thickening agent. I tried it. I've been using kuzu root starch to thicken sauces and rice pudding for over 25 years. This product absolutely does not thicken. The package needs to be labelled to say so, and the description is COMPLETELY MISLEADING BY SAYING THAT THIS CAN BE USED AS A THICKENING AGENT. I want my $$$$$ back.

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