Unboxed: 5 products supercharging mushroom madness
Mushrooms have been all over store shelves this year, adding their meaty texture, versatile flavors and health benefits to foods ranging from snacks to sweets, and everything in between.
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It’s interesting to see a company begin with a plant-based snack and then expand it to include meat options, and not the other way around. These Shrooms + Splits mingle marinated portabella mushroom slices together in the same package with two different cuts of grass-fed beef or turkey. At the same time, the Berries and Portabella combination gives mushroom lovers a vegetarian option that is both sweet and savory, as well as bursting with flavor.
These luxury chocolate bars tap into the benefits of reishi mushrooms. In addition to V'alhrona 70% dark chocolate cacao, each of the three varieties also contains a selection of roots, flowers, berries and herbs that were chosen to promote mind, body or soul. These handmade, hand-wrapped bars are dairy free, gluten free, vegan and non-GMO, and include a large number of certified organic ingredients.
Mushroom jerky is a favorite “meaty meatless snack”, or so says Giorgio, a company that has been growing mushrooms for more than 90 years and that has now added three varieties of flavor-busting Portabella Jerky to its list of accomplishments: Sesame Ginger & Korean Chili, Roasted Garlic & Black Pepper and Sweet Balsamic & Golden Fig.
Mushroom coffee is at the core of this company, whose latest forays into these drinkable mushroom blends include this Mushroom Coffee Latte Mix with maitake, chaga and mucuna mushrooms infused into 10 instant-latte packets that are plant-based, dairy-free and USDA certified organic. Maitake and chaga can help promote overall wellbeing, while mucuna is an adaptogenic herb used in Ayurvedic medicine. The slightly sweet taste of this creamy latte comes from superfruit sweetener lucuma.
Add this high-performance, USDA organic-certified powder to oatmeal, smoothies, soups, yogurt or other favorite dishes to get a boost from the nutrient-dense mushrooms found in this “functional fuel supplement.” This blend of equal amounts of chaga, cordyceps, lion’s mane and maitake mushrooms come together in a versatile and easy-to-use superfood powder.
Add this high-performance, USDA organic-certified powder to oatmeal, smoothies, soups, yogurt or other favorite dishes to get a boost from the nutrient-dense mushrooms found in this “functional fuel supplement.” This blend of equal amounts of chaga, cordyceps, lion’s mane and maitake mushrooms come together in a versatile and easy-to-use superfood powder.
While the ancient wisdom of using mushrooms for health benefits has been firmly entrenched for some time now, the latest trend with these fungi focuses increasingly on their versatility as a whole-food ingredient. This attraction might range from adding the meaty texture and earthy flavors of mushrooms to plant-based foods and meat alternatives to their adaptability in terms of taking on spicy, savory and even sweet flavors.
Indeed, the past 12 months might well go down in history as the “year of the mushroom,” given all the mushroom-based munchables that have been making waves since last year’s Natural Products Expo East. Now, as we prepare for another expo in September, we can’t help wondering what new mushroom-centric foods might catch our eyes (and tastebuds).
With that in mind, let’s look at five of the most thought-provoking products we’ve seen this year. It’s enough to inspire a little mushroom madness.
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