DELIVERY SPEED RATING⭃ 📮 Good, item arrived on 4th business day after order dateITEM AS DESCRIBED BY THE SELLER?⭃ Yes, fully matched the product listing photos and descriptionWHAT GETS DELIVERED⭃ Black Ginger Extract Sachets x30 SticksHOW IT WORKS⭃ This health supplement includes Black Ginger as its key ingredient. Black Ginger seems to have its origins in Japan and is promoted as supporting metabolism, energy levels and weight control. This product also contains Heat-Killed Bifidobacteria intended to improve gut healthPERSONAL ANGLE⭃ I was able to test this supplement across one week following the recommended two sachets daily into cold water⭃ This was my first experience consuming a Black Ginger health supplementGOLD MEDAL🥇 The powder did mix reasonably well (there was the occassional blob that dissolved with stirring) into my preferred liquid which was was a glass of iced H2O. As per most wellness supplements I didn’t expect nor achieve immediate results rather it seems to be a product the customer benefits from best with long term usageSILVER MEDAL🥈 No question the packaging and overall presentation is impressive delivering that professional attention to detail the Japanese are renowned forBRONZE MEDAL🥉 Convenient single serve sachetsGOOD EFFORT✓ Each individual sachet is tiny making them convenient to carry and use at work or on the fly. I very much appreciated not having to deal with messy powder jars or swallowing tablets✓ Contains Heat-killed Bifidobacteria BR-108 that is promoted to support overall gut healthUNPLACED✗ Is by and large flavourless when consumed which for some customers could be a positive aspect. Personally I wasn’t a fan instead preferring a drink containing a flavoursome kick✗ The online product listing does not make a compelling case as to why a customer should be using this product. It leans heavily into the Japanese connection but for me I need something more to become a regular userIN LAST PLACE❌ The box each sachet arrives in is 90% in Japanese language making the list of ingredients unreadable to the English customer which is a big problem for mine. Then, compounding this problem is the detailed list of ingredients in English within the product listing are buried within and are instead presented as a dense difficult to read 12 bullet pointsBottom line, unless the English speaking customer goes to the extra effort of potentially using a translation App then they may not fully understand what and how much they are actually putting into their mouths which is a dangerous scenarios for customers who have food or supplement allergiesMy advice would be if you have some sort of food allergy probably best to avoid this supplement❌ Each sachet does not have a perforated tear option making opening by hand difficult. It can be achieved but does take some effort, instead a pair of sharp scissors remains your best option for achieving a neat clean sachet splice❌ Price per box will be a turn off for some folks especially those shopping on a budgetSee * below in VALUE FOR MONEYDOES THIS PRODUCT REPRESENT GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY?* Heres the critical point - this product does not come cheap on a one month supplyFor example, currently it is priced at $109.57 on Amazon Australia, this price is advertised as minus 20% down from its original pricing of $136.96In context the current price works out as thus:The box arrives with 30 sachetsThat is $3.65 per sachetThen following the recommended dosage of two sachets daily = $7.30 per dayI present this for truth telling only because I simply don’t know enough about Black Ginger Supplements to understand if this pricing is good, bad or on par in comparison to similar variations. However, this product appears to be an imported product from Japan into Australia with imports always attracting an addition pricing slug🤔 WRAPPING THINGS UPVery much on the fence with this oneIt seems okay enough to consume with no negative nor positive outcomes from daily use. If there are benefits they must be under hood so to speakHowever the cost for this product is simply too rich for my blood. In full fairness I simply do not know enough about what has gone into this supplement to fully determine if its pricing is reasonable, unreasonable or outrageousOVERALL IMPRESSION🪙 TOSS UP = FAIR3 STARS✯ ✯ ✯
