At the recent Biofach organic trade show, exhibitors highlighted medicinal mushrooms such as reishi, cordyceps, lion’s mane, and chaga. As mass-marketed products in China for their health benefits, these functional fungi are increasingly popular worldwide. On the show floor, Nutrition Insight caught up with mushroom suppliers Goodmoodfood, Biosan Biotechnology, and French Mush to examine mushrooms’ immunity, energy, and brain health benefits. Germany-based Goodmoodfood introduced its Vitalpilz Kakao mixes at Biofach. These mixes combine cocoa powder with “vital mushrooms” chaga, cordyceps, lion’s mane, and reishi. Consumers can mix this powder with plant milk or water to create drinking chocolate.
