Abstract
Mushrooms are one of the most loved foods not only for its exotic taste but also for its benefits for health. It is consumed in various forms like fresh, pickled, dried, powdered, canned etc. Its farming has picked up a fast pace among contemporary entrepreneurs owing to its nutritional and medicinal benefits and low cost. Mushrooms are a fleshy fungus (Basidiomycota & Agaricomycetes) having a stem, cap and gills underneath the cap. They can be edible, wild and some of them can be toxic too. It contains more than 90% water and less than 1% fat, loaded with Vitamin B copper and selenium and low in sodium. Usually vegetables, milk and other food products are fortified with Vitamin D by irradiation or direct addition but mushrooms are unique in this sense because they are naturally a rich source of Vitamin D which otherwise is procured from animals or poultry. The reason being that it contains copious amount of plant sterol “Ergosterol”, it is a precursor of Vitamin which when stimulated by sunlight or artificial lightening source converts to Vitamin D.
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