• A serve of mushrooms provides over 20% of the recommended daily intake for each of the B vitamins riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, biotin, and the minerals selenium and copper.
• Mushrooms have bio-available vitamin B12 on the surface and in the flesh.
• Mushrooms naturally have vitamin D. They are the only non-animal food to have natural vitamin D. The near future will see vitamin D-enhanced mushrooms on the Australian market.
• Not only are mushrooms very low in kilojoules and energy density, research reveals that they are filling and dampen the appetite at subsequent meals.
• The mushroom has all the attributes of a superfood – nutrient-rich, flavour-rich, low in kilojoules, high in bioactive compounds, easy-to-get and affordable.

More information on mushroom nutrition is available from Mushrooms for Life.

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