Buying Hoodia on the High Street

As Hoodia grows in popularity as an appetite suppressant, it’s becoming much easier to to buy Hoodia on the high street, in places like Holland & Barrett and other local health food stores.

But the question is not “Can you buy Hoodia on the high street?” but rather “Should you?”

Hoodia is a CITES protected species, and as such has to show an audit trail of how it has been grown, harvested and manufactured. On top of this, it takes up to 4 years to grow a plant to maturity. Hoodia is not cheap. It’s not meant to be. But it is meant to be effective as an appetite supressant.

So why not buy Hoodia on the high street?
Of course you can buy Hoodia Gordonii in Holland Barrett - which is one of the leading health food stores in the UK. But like all stores, thay have costs and overheads to cover.

As a consumer, you need to know that most shops in the health food sector have a hefty wholesale to retail markup. Sometimes as much as 100%. And there’s yet another big difference between actual manufacturing costs of a product and the wholesale price…

Here’s an example: Let’s say a product sells for £36 in a health food shop. It probably would have been bought by the shop for a whosale cost of about £18 - £24. Then the real manufacturing cost of the product would be about 50% of that price… so approximately £9 - £12.

Now of course, all businesses have to turn a profit. Nothing wrong with that. The point is - how much Hoodia can you put in a £9 product, when you have to factor in growing, processing, distribution and advertising costs?

Answer: Not a lot!

This is not said to discredit any channel or any store. This is simply the reality of buying Hoodia on the high street. Which is why we recommend you buy weight loss supplements online.

Apart from the fact that it’ more convenient - we feel you get more real value when you buy Hoodia online. You’re not paying for the overheads and costs of a retail outlet in a busy mall or high street. You’re not paying for so many staff to run the shop. You’re not paying for large advertising budgets, TV campaigns, or glossy brochures… You’re paying a fair price for a very good Hoodia product.

And because the overheads are lower, you can be sure that the product you buy is going to be pure Hoodia that has been grown and processed according to strict standards.

To see which we found to be the best Hoodia diet pills, click here.