NUTRITION FACTS: Mushrooms can be used as food (fresh, snacks, sweets...) as medicine and for industrial purposes (coloring, adsorbents...).
MUSHROOM COMPOSITION Mushrooms provide high protein and essential amino acids. Low in fat and high in fiber, they also provide vitamins thus stimulating the immune system. Eating two to three types of mushroom per day can provide the proper amount of essential amino acid required by the body. It also supplies high levels of protein and vitamins. Normally, one adult can consume about 200-800 gram per day. For elderly people and children, 200 and 500 grams are sufficient.
Water 88.00% Protein 2.95% Fat 0.25% Carbohydrate 6.80% Fiber 1.00% Minerals 1.00%
OTHER NUTRITIONAL FACTS
Protein digestibility is between 70-90%.
Mushrooms are a dietary fiber low in fat.
Mushrooms are rich in minerals such as potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron and calcium.
Mushrooms can cover, in a large part, human nutritional protein necessities, because the proteins they contain are of better quality than the proteins found in vegetables.
Mushrooms are also rich in vitamins necessary for nutrition: Thiamin (B1), Pyridoxine (B6), Pantotecnic Acid, Nicotinic Acid, Folic Acid, Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C), ergosterine (Provit, D2) and Biotin (Vitamin H).
Mushrooms contain an elevated amount of Folic Acid -- the vitamin that stimulates the cure of anemia. Folic acid is rarely found in vegetables.
Mushrooms, according to different researchers, contain between 6.4 and 26.6 calories per 100 grams of fresh weight. Mushrooms, then, are a low-calorie, high-fiber, high-protein, high-vitamin and mineral food.
Mushrooms contain a high amount of dietary fiber.
· Our fresh mushrooms have not been exposed to any process. They are grown and packed either in small plastic bag 1/4 kilo or 1 kilo plastic bag for the retail market.