Energy & performance category
Cordyceps for Wholesale, Distribution & Private Label
Cordyceps militaris
Cordyceps leads the energy and performance category and is a favourite for sports, pre-workout and daily-vitality products. It's a strong fit for active and performance-focused brands.
Why buyers stock Cordyceps
- High demand in the energy, sports and performance space
- A natural fit for pre-workout and daily-vitality ranges
- Sells well as a single-species product and in blends
- Available as extract and powder for any format
How to source Cordyceps
Wholesale
Retailers, resellers & wholesale buyers
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Distributors & importers
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Brands & private-label buyers
Start a Private Label ProjectAvailable as extracts, powders, capsules and gummies — see all formats.
Cordyceps buyer FAQ
Which Cordyceps species do you supply?+
Cordyceps militaris is the widely-cultivated commercial choice. Tell us your product and we'll confirm exactly what we supply and how to describe it.
Extract or powder for performance products?+
Extracts are common in capsules and performance blends; powders suit drink mixes. We'll help you choose for your format.
Which formats are available?+
Extracts, powders, capsules and gummies — ask us what's available for your volume.
Can I private-label a Cordyceps product?+
Yes — single-species or in an energy/performance blend. See private label and we'll scope it.
Other species
The science
Cordyceps — scientific classification
Cordyceps militaris (L.) Fr. — species, known by 37 common names across 24 languages.
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Sordariomycetes
- Order
- Hypocreales
- Family
- Cordycipitaceae
- Genus
- Cordyceps
- English
- Scarlet Caterpillar Club, Scarlet Caterpillar Fungus
- Swedish
- röd larvklubba
- Norwegian
- rød åmeklubbe
- Danish
- Puppe-Snyltekølle
- Finnish
- punaloisikka
- German
- Puppen-Kernkeule
- French
- Cordyceps militaire
- Basque
- Beldar-mazoa
and 16 more languages
Older literature and datasheets may use these names. They all refer to the same species.
- ? militare L.
- Clavaria granulosa Bull.
- Clavaria militaris L.
- Clavaria squamosa Lamarck
- Coralloides clavata Buxbaum
- Cordyceps norvegica Sopp
- Cordylia militaris (Ehrh.) Ficinus & Schubert
- Corynesphaera militaris (L.) Dumort.
- Hypoxylon militare (L.) Mérat
- Hypoxylon militaris (Ehrh.) Mérat
- Kentrosporium militare (L.) Wallr.
- Kentrosporium militaris (Ehrh.) Wallr.
Taxonomy from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).
Source Cordyceps for your business
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