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We harvest five varieties of organic specialty mushrooms for Andhra Pradesh finest restaurants & grocery marts. We are committed to growing the finest quality specialty mushrooms using sustainable practices. We have been pioneer growers of fresh culinary mushrooms.

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It is eaten like a vegetable, yet the part we eat is called a “fruiting body”, with most of the mushroom growing underground in what is called “mycelium”. But the mushroom is neither a fruit nor a vegetable. All mushrooms come from a completely different living kingdom, the fungi kingdom.Because it is from a different food kingdom, the mushroom has a very different nutrition profile and has antioxidants and bioactive compounds not found in plants. For example, it has more B vitamins that found in vegetables, it is a good source of essentials mineral like selenium and has powerful antioxidants like ergothioneine. It is also important to note that mushroom evolved at a different timeline to plants (Carroll 2001). They arrived on earth after plants and before animals. So, please keep eating your vegetables, while adding mushrooms to the meal to take advantage of its unique health benefits. In fact, the latest research indicates that it is a smart decision to eat mushrooms daily as they have a positive influence on blood lipids, blood glucose, immunity and weight control, and offer many essential nutrients and antioxidants. So, rather than eating five vegetable serves a day, try eating four serves of vegetables and one serve of mushrooms for good health.

Mushrooms are often associated with vitamin B12, a vitamin commonly found in animal foods. Research at the University of Western Sydney revealed that there are wide-ranging amounts of B12 in mushrooms. Their detailed experiments on mushrooms of all sizes and stages of growth from around Australia conclusively proved that: Mushrooms do have B12. It is on both the surface of the mushroom and in the flesh of the mushroom. The majority of B12 is in the surface of the cup of the mushroom. The B12 present is bio-available, in exactly the same form as B12 in beef liver and fish; therefore it is easy to absorb from our intestines. The amount of B12 in mushrooms varies from crop to crop. One serve will provide about 2-4% of the RDI. However, that level may be an important amount over a lifetime for a vegan who loves their mushrooms. Although mushrooms are not high in B12, they are still the only non-animal fresh food source of B12.

This is another indication that the mushroom differs from plants. The mushroom, like humans, generates vitamin D when it is in the sunlight, specifically the UV part of sunlight. This is why wild mushrooms naturally generate 2-40 mcg of vitamin D in 100g serve. Compare that to the 5-15 mcg of vitamin D we need each day. You probably don’t eat wild mushrooms and prefer to buy them from grocers. Well, even putting your mushrooms in the sunshine for a 30-60 minutes will get them to start producing vitamin D. Exposing commercial mushrooms to sunlight after harvest also triggers the production of vitamin D.

No. If there is some residual compost still on the mushroom when you buy them, just brush it off. You can quickly wash whole mushrooms just before preparing a dish to remove the ‘dirt’. Dry them quickly soon after, before cooking or putting in a salad. Don’t wash sliced mushrooms because they will quickly absorb water through the exposed inner flesh. There is no need to peel mushrooms either; they can be consumed as purchased.

There is no evidence that certain fruits, vegetables or even mushrooms make gout worse. In fact, a high consumption of fruit, vegetables and mushrooms is linked to a lower risk of gout.

In truth, we don’t know but there is some very compelling evidence that women who eat mushrooms have a much lower risk of breast cancer than women who don’t eat mushrooms. There have been three population studies that show that women who include mushrooms in their diet have about half the risk of breast cancer. A meta-analysis of all the research also supported a strong link between mushroom consumption and a lower risk of breast cancer.

It might be that some compounds in mushrooms protect women against breast cancer or it may be some other aspect of their lifestyle that is lowering the risk. This requires further research to determine the role of mushrooms in cancer. Please read the fact sheet on cancer for more information.

Simply put, no. Many people want to avoid gluten in their diets. Mushrooms do not have any gluten, so can be easily used in a gluten-free diet. There are gluten-free recipes in our recipe collection.

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