Without a doubt, mushrooms are a good meat substitute although they are not packed with protein. However these little miracles surpass meat in many characteristics: they are rich sources of vitamins and minerals for instance selenium, zinc, vitamin B1, B2, B5, B6 and B12. Moreover they are full of substances with antioxidant and do not contain fat and carbohydrates. They are the only vegetable that contains vitamin D naturally as a result of their exposure to sunlight.

Mushrooms add a flavour known as umami that tends to be very satisfying, which makes them ideal to add in pasta sauce for example to maintain a rich flavour and texture while reducing or eliminating the meat they contain. In dishes that contain large amounts of meat, replace a quarter to a half of the meat with mushrooms to make a dish lower in calories and still delicious.

In fact our Ecopouch mushrooms are perfectly suitable for the trending blendburger for several reasons. It involves taking freshly gathered mushrooms and cooking them in their own juice, no blanching and nothing added. The result is clean label, shelf stable mushrooms and the freshest taste and texture ever with a two year unrefrigerated shelf life.
By mixing chopped Ecopouch mushrooms and beef, swapping the meat proteins for those mushrooms. It is an easy way to increase eating vegetables and decrease meat consumption while maintaining the meaty satisfaction.

In conclusion mushrooms are a very delicious, healthy and sustainable vegetable and therefore they can reduce the current meat consumption easily. Actually eating a (blend)burger has never been so delightful; low in calories, carbohydrates, fat and sodium. Eventually we do believe mushrooms should be a part of every meal.